फ़ैसला

See also: फैसला, फ़सल, फ़ासला, and फ़ासिला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فیصله (faysala), from Arabic فَيْصَلَة (fayṣala, “decision”), from فَيْصَل (fayṣal, “arbiter”). Compare Bengali ফয়সালা (phoẏśala).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /fɛːs.lɑː/, [fɛːs.läː], /pʰɛːs.lɑː/, [pʰɛːs.läː]

Noun

फ़ैसला • (faislā) m (Urdu spelling فیصلہ)

1. decision; judgment
   • 1983, “Insaaf Ki Kursi”, in Indeevar (lyrics), Bappi Lahiri (music), Justice Chaudhury‎^[1], performed by Kishore Kumar:

     यह मेरा नहीं - इनसाफ़ का फ़ैसला! इनसाफ़ का फ़ैसला... भगवान का फ़ैसला...

     yah merā nahī̃ - insāf kā faislā! insāf kā faislā... bhagvān kā faislā...

     This is not my work - it is the decision of justice! The decision of justice... the judgment of God...

2. resolution

Declension

Declension of फ़ैसला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फ़ैसला faislā	फ़ैसले faisle
oblique	फ़ैसले faisle	फ़ैसलों faislõ
vocative	फ़ैसले faisle	फ़ैसलो faislo

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “फ़ैसला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 428.