Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar;
- Example: "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
fatwa \fat"wa\, fatwah \fat"wah\, n.
Same as fetwah.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fetwah \Fet"wah\, n. [Ar.]
A written decision of a Turkish mufti some point of law; also
applied to opinions by certain other Islamic religious
authorities on points of Islamic law, such as in Iran. [Also
spelled fatwah and fatwa.] --Whitworth.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fatwah
n 1: (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic
scholar; "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon
Muslims to take up arms against the United States"