फाज़िल

Hindi

Alternative forms

• फ़ाजिल (fājil), फ़ाज़िल (fāzil), फाजिल (phājil)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فضيل (fazil), from Arabic فَضِيل (faḍīl, “virtuous, excellent, respectable”), with semantic inversion by antiphrasis. . Cognate with Bengali ফাজিল (fāzil)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fɑː.zɪl/, [fäː.zɪl], /pʰɑː.d͡ʒɪl/, [pʰäː.d͡ʒɪl]

Adjective

फाज़िल • (phāzil)

1. excess
2. (sometimes derogatory) disrespectful, flippant, impudent, rude
   1. (derogatory, substantive) scoundrel, wretch