Etymology

mut'ah

Today it means: Temporary marriage (wedlease) practised by certain Muslim sects, particularly Shias. Full definition →

Arabic مُتْعَة
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromمُتْعَة
  2. English todaymut'ah

Borrowed from Arabic مُتْعَة (mutʕa). Doublet of mutat.

Words from the same roots

Arabicمُتْعَة all →

mutat

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.