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فضل

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See also: فصل and ف ض ل

Arabic

    Etymology 1.1

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    Verb

    فَضَلَ (faḍala) I (non-past يَفْضُلُ (yafḍulu), verbal noun فَضْل (faḍl))

    1. (intransitive) to remain, to be left over
      Synonym: بَقِيَ (baqiya)
    2. (transitive, of someone) to exceed or outdo (especially in virtue, merit, or worth); to outworth
      Synonym: أَفْضَلَ (ʔafḍala)
    Conjugation
    More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

    Etymology 1.2

    Verb

    فَضُلَ (faḍula) I (non-past يَفْضُلُ (yafḍulu), verbal noun فُضُول (fuḍūl))

    1. to become meritorious; to become illustrious
      Synonym: شَرُفَ (šarufa)
    Conjugation
    More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

    Etymology 1.3

    Verb

    فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala) II (non-past يُفَضِّلُ (yufaḍḍilu), verbal noun تَفْضِيل (tafḍīl))

    1. (transitive) to deem more favorable, to prefer, to favor [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘over’]
      Synonym: آثَرَ (ʔāṯara)
    2. (transitive, of a superior or a superordinate) to make dominant, to privilege [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘over’]
      1. (transitive) to make distinct or prominent, to distinguish, to honor, to grace
        Synonyms: مَازَ (māza), مَيَّزَ (mayyaza), شَرَّفَ (šarrafa), مَزَّى (mazzā)
    Conjugation
    More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

    Etymology 1.4

    Noun

    فَضْل (faḍl) m (plural فُضُول (fuḍūl) or أَفْضَال (ʔafḍāl))

    1. (uncountable) grace, favor (especially when seen as unmerited or unconditional); courtesy
      Synonym: إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān)
      1. (countable) a blessing, an honor, a generous gift, a bestowment
    2. (uncountable) distinction
      Antonym: نَقْص (naqṣ)
      1. (uncountable, theology) merit
    3. (uncountable) leftovers, remnants
    Declension
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    Hijazi Arabic

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    Etymology 1

    From Arabic فَضَلَ (faḍala).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fidˤil/, [fɪdˤɪl]

    Verb

    فضل (fiḍil) I (non-past يِفْضَل (yifḍal))

    1. to stay, to remain
      Synonyms: بِقِي (bigi), قَعَد (gaʕad)
    2. to continue
    Conjugation
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    Etymology 2

    From Arabic فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    فضل (faḍḍal) II (non-past يِفَضِّل (yifaḍḍil))

    1. to prefer, to favor
    Conjugation
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    Etymology 3

    From Arabic فَضْل (faḍl).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fadˤil/, [fadˤɪl]

    Noun

    فضل (faḍil) m (construct state فَضْل (faḍl), plural أفضال (ʔafḍāl))

    1. grace
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    Moroccan Arabic

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    Etymology

    From Arabic فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    فضّل (faḍḍal) II (non-past يفضّل (yfaḍḍal))

    1. to favor

    Conjugation

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    Persian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic فَضْل (faḍl).

      Pronunciation

       

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      Noun

      فضل (fazl)

      1. learning, knowledge
        Synonyms: دانش (dâneš), علم (elm), دانایی (dânâyi), فضیلت (fazliyat)
        • 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.
          (Classical Persian transliteration)
      2. excellence, virtue, merit
        Synonym: فضیلت (fazliyat)
      3. 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

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      Etymology

      From Arabic فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /fadˤ.dˤal/, [ˈfʌdˤ.dˤʌl]
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      Verb

      فضّل (faḍḍal) II (present بفضّل (bifaḍḍel))

      1. to prefer

      Conjugation

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