- [countable] (also Mufti)
a Muslim who is an expert in legal matters connected with Islam 穆夫提(伊斯兰教法典说明官) - [uncountable] (old-fashioned)
ordinary clothes worn by people such as soldiers who wear uniform in their job (穿制服上班的士兵等穿的)便装,便服 officers in mufti 身着便装的军官
Word Originsense 1 late 16th cent.: from Arabic muftī, active participle of 'aftā ‘decide a point of law’.sense 2 early 19th cent.: perhaps humorously from mufti (sense 1).