petua
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”). Doublet of fatwa.
Noun
petua (Jawi spelling ڤتوا, plural petua-petua, informal 1st possessive petuaku, 2nd possessive petuamu, 3rd possessive petuanya)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: petuah
Further reading
- “petua” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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