فضول

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See also: فصول

Arabic

Root
ف ض ل (f ḍ l)
11 terms

Etymology

    Verbal noun of فَضَلَ (faḍala).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    فُضُول • (fuḍūl) m

    1. verbal noun of فَضَلَ (faḍala) (form I)
    2. curiosity

    Declension

    Declension of noun فُضُول (fuḍūl)
    Singular basic singular triptote
    Indefinite Definite Construct
    Informal فُضُول
    fuḍūl     		الْفُضُول
    al-fuḍūl     		فُضُول
    fuḍūl
    Nominative فُضُولٌ
    fuḍūlun     		الْفُضُولُ
    al-fuḍūlu     		فُضُولُ
    fuḍūlu
    Accusative فُضُولًا
    fuḍūlan     		الْفُضُولَ
    al-fuḍūla     		فُضُولَ
    fuḍūla
    Genitive فُضُولٍ
    fuḍūlin     		الْفُضُولِ
    al-fuḍūli     		فُضُولِ
    fuḍūli

    Descendants

    Persian

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic فَضَلَ (faḍala)
      Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl)bor.
      Persian فضول

      Borrowed from Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl).

      Adjective

      فضول • (fozul)

      1. nosy, prying

      Noun

      فضول • (fozul)

      1. nosey parker

      Urdu

      Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Arabic فَضَلَ (faḍala)
        Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl)bor.
        Classical Persian فُضُول (fuzūl)bor.
        Urdu فُضُول (fuzūl)

        Borrowed from Classical Persian فُضُول (fuzūl), borrowed from Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl), from فَضَلَ (faḍala). First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi فضول (fẓvl /⁠fuzūl⁠/).[1]

        Pronunciation

        Adjective

        فُضُول • (fuzūl) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling फ़ज़ूल)

        1. pointless; futile
          1. nonsense
          2. vulgar
        2. useless; needless
        3. redundant
        4. excessive; extravagant

        Noun

        فُضُول • (fuzūl) m (Hindi spelling फ़ज़ूल)

        1. excess, redundance

        Declension

        Declension of فضول
        singular plural
        direct فُضُول (fuzūl) فُضُول (fuzūl)
        oblique فُضُول (fuzūl) فُضُولوں (fuzūlõ)
        vocative فُضُول (fuzūl) فُضُولو (fuzūlo)

        References

        1. ^ “فضول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

        Further reading

        • “فضول”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
        • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “فضول”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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