mujtahid
/mʊdʒˈtɑːhɪd/noun
(pl. mujtahids 或mujtahidūn/-dʊn/)
- Islam a person accepted as an original authority in Islamic law. Such authorities continue to be recognized in the Shia tradition, but Sunni Muslims accord this status only to the great lawmakers of early Islam.〈伊斯兰〉穆智台希德（伊斯兰教教法权威; 什叶派传统依然承认此种权威, 而逊尼派仅用它来尊称早期伊斯兰的伟大立法者）。
词源
Persian, from Arabic, active participle of ijtahada 'strive'.