فاضل

Arabic

Root
ف ض ل (f-ḍ-l)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faː.dˤil/

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
  • Uyghur: فازىل (fazil)
  • Uzbek: fozil
• → Ottoman Turkish: فاضل (fâzıl)
  • Turkish: fazıl
• → Persian: فاضل (fâzel)
• → Urdu: فاضِل (fāzil)

Proper noun

فَاضِل • (fāḍil) m

1. a male given name, Fadil or Fadel

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Fazil
• → Chagatai: فاضل
  • Uyghur: فازىل (fazil)
  • Uzbek: Fozil
• → Ottoman Turkish: فاضل (Fâzıl)
  • Turkish: Fazıl
• → Persian: فاضل (fâzel)
• → Urdu: فاضِل (fāzil)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَاضِل (fāḍil).

Noun

فاضل • (fâzıl)

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

Descendants

• Turkish: fazıl

Proper noun

فاضل • (Fâzıl)

1. a male given name from Arabic

Descendants

• Turkish: Fazıl

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فاضل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1360

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فاضِل (fāḍil).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɑː.zɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.