mujtahid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lawyer entitled to exercise ijtihad.

Word forms

mujtahid mujtahids

Etymology

From Arabic مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid, literally “diligent”).

Related words

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