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فضل
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See also: فصل and ف ض ل
Arabic
Etymology 1.1
Verb
فَضَلَ • (faḍala) I (non-past يَفْضُلُ (yafḍulu), verbal noun فَضْل (faḍl))
- (intransitive) to remain, to be left over
- Synonym: بَقِيَ (baqiya)
- (transitive, of someone) to exceed or outdo (especially in virtue, merit, or worth); to outworth
- Synonym: أَفْضَلَ (ʔafḍala)
Conjugation
Etymology 1.2
Verb
فَضُلَ • (faḍula) I (non-past يَفْضُلُ (yafḍulu), verbal noun فُضُول (fuḍūl))
- to become meritorious; to become illustrious
- Synonym: شَرُفَ (šarufa)
Conjugation
Etymology 1.3
Verb
فَضَّلَ • (faḍḍala) II (non-past يُفَضِّلُ (yufaḍḍilu), verbal noun تَفْضِيل (tafḍīl))
- (transitive) to deem more favorable, to prefer, to favor [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘over’]
- Synonym: آثَرَ (ʔāṯara)
- (transitive, of a superior or a superordinate) to make dominant, to privilege [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘over’]
- (transitive) to make distinct or prominent, to distinguish, to honor, to grace
Conjugation
Etymology 1.4
Noun
فَضْل • (faḍl) m (plural فُضُول (fuḍūl) or أَفْضَال (ʔafḍāl))
- (uncountable) grace, favor (especially when seen as unmerited or unconditional); courtesy
- Synonym: إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān)
- (uncountable) distinction
- Antonym: نَقْص (naqṣ)
- (uncountable) leftovers, remnants
Declension
Derived terms
- فَضْلًا عَنْ (faḍlan ʕan)
- مِنْ فَضْلِكَ (min faḍlika)
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Hijazi Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
فضل • (fiḍil) I (non-past يِفْضَل (yifḍal))
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From Arabic فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala).
Pronunciation
Verb
فضل • (faḍḍal) II (non-past يِفَضِّل (yifaḍḍil))
Conjugation
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
فضل • (faḍil) m (construct state فَضْل (faḍl), plural أفضال (ʔafḍāl))
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Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
فضّل • (faḍḍal) II (non-past يفضّل (yfaḍḍal))
- to favor
Conjugation
Persian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈfazl/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fæzl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fäzl]
Noun
فضل • (fazl)
- learning, knowledge
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:
- شاها اگر به عرش رسانم سریر فضل
مملوک این جنابم و مسکین این درم- šāhā agar ba arš rasānam sarīr-i fazl
mamlūk-i īn jinābam u miskīn-i īn daram - O king! Even if I raise the throne of knowledge to the Empyrean,
I am the slave at this side, I am the wretch at this gate.
- šāhā agar ba arš rasānam sarīr-i fazl
- excellence, virtue, merit
- Synonym: فضیلت (fazliyat)
- favor, grace, gift
- Synonym: لطف (lotf)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “فضل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
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South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
فضّل • (faḍḍal) II (present بفضّل (bifaḍḍel))
- to prefer
Conjugation
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Urdu
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