فاضل

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Arabic

Root
ف ض ل (f ḍ l)
11 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb فَضَلَ (faḍala).

Pronunciation

Adjective

فَاضِل • (fāḍil) (feminine فَاضِلَة (fāḍila), masculine plural فَاضِلُونَ (fāḍilūna), feminine plural فَاضِلَات (fāḍilāt))

  1. active participle of فَضَلَ (faḍala)

Declension

Declension of adjective فَاضِل (fāḍil)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فَاضِل
fāḍil 		الْفَاضِل
al-fāḍil 		فَاضِلَة
fāḍila 		الْفَاضِلَة
al-fāḍila
Nominative فَاضِلٌ
fāḍilun 		الْفَاضِلُ
al-fāḍilu 		فَاضِلَةٌ
fāḍilatun 		الْفَاضِلَةُ
al-fāḍilatu
Accusative فَاضِلًا
fāḍilan 		الْفَاضِلَ
al-fāḍila 		فَاضِلَةً
fāḍilatan 		الْفَاضِلَةَ
al-fāḍilata
Genitive فَاضِلٍ
fāḍilin 		الْفَاضِلِ
al-fāḍili 		فَاضِلَةٍ
fāḍilatin 		الْفَاضِلَةِ
al-fāḍilati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فَاضِلَيْن
fāḍilayn 		الْفَاضِلَيْن
al-fāḍilayn 		فَاضِلَتَيْن
fāḍilatayn 		الْفَاضِلَتَيْن
al-fāḍilatayn
Nominative فَاضِلَانِ
fāḍilāni 		الْفَاضِلَانِ
al-fāḍilāni 		فَاضِلَتَانِ
fāḍilatāni 		الْفَاضِلَتَانِ
al-fāḍilatāni
Accusative فَاضِلَيْنِ
fāḍilayni 		الْفَاضِلَيْنِ
al-fāḍilayni 		فَاضِلَتَيْنِ
fāḍilatayni 		الْفَاضِلَتَيْنِ
al-fāḍilatayni
Genitive فَاضِلَيْنِ
fāḍilayni 		الْفَاضِلَيْنِ
al-fāḍilayni 		فَاضِلَتَيْنِ
fāḍilatayni 		الْفَاضِلَتَيْنِ
al-fāḍilatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
plural unknown sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal ?
? 		?
? 		فَاضِلَات
fāḍilāt 		الْفَاضِلَات
al-fāḍilāt
Nominative ?
? 		?
? 		فَاضِلَاتٌ
fāḍilātun 		الْفَاضِلَاتُ
al-fāḍilātu
Accusative ?
? 		?
? 		فَاضِلَاتٍ
fāḍilātin 		الْفَاضِلَاتِ
al-fāḍilāti
Genitive ?
? 		?
? 		فَاضِلَاتٍ
fāḍilātin 		الْفَاضِلَاتِ
al-fāḍilāti

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: fazil
  • → Chagatai: فاضل
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فاضل (fâzıl)
  • → Persian: فاضل (fâzel)
  • → Urdu: فاضِل (fāzil)

Proper noun

فَاضِل • (fāḍil) m

  1. a male given name, Fadil or Fadel

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَاضِل (fāḍil).

Noun

فاضل • (fâzıl)

  1. exceeding, surpassing
  2. eminent, excellent
  3. erudite

Descendants

Proper noun

فاضل • (Fâzıl)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

Descendants

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فاضِل (fāḍil).

Pronunciation

Adjective

فاضِل • (fāzil) (Hindi spelling फ़ाज़िल)

  1. exceeding, being over and above, abundant, in excess, redundant, superfluous, supernumerary
  2. excellent; virtuous; excellent in learning, learned, erudite; perfect, accomplished

Noun

فاضِل • (fāzil) m (Hindi spelling फ़ाज़िल)

  1. excess, redundancy, superfluity; residue, remainder, surplus, balance; receipt in excess (of revenue, etc.); waste
  2. a learned man, an erudite person, a perfect or accomplished scholar

Further reading

  • “فاضل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “فاضل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “فاضل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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