فضول

See also: فصول

Arabic

Root
ف ض ل (f ḍ l)
12 terms

Etymology

  • Verbal noun of فَضَلَ (faḍala).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fu.dˤuːl/
    • Rhymes: -uːl

    Noun

    فُضُول • (fuḍūl) m

    1. verbal noun of فَضَلَ (faḍala) (form I)
    2. curiosity

    Declension

    Declension of noun فُضُول (fuḍūl)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal فُضُول
    fuḍūl     		الْفُضُول
    al-fuḍūl     		فُضُول
    fuḍūl
    nominative فُضُولٌ
    fuḍūlun     		الْفُضُولُ
    al-fuḍūlu     		فُضُولُ
    fuḍūlu
    accusative فُضُولًا
    fuḍūlan     		الْفُضُولَ
    al-fuḍūla     		فُضُولَ
    fuḍūla
    genitive فُضُولٍ
    fuḍūlin     		الْفُضُولِ
    al-fuḍūli     		فُضُولِ
    fuḍūli

    Descendants

    • → Azerbaijani: füzul
    • → Ottoman Turkish: فضول (fuzûl)
      →⇒ Turkish: fodul
    • → Persian: فضول (fozul)

    Persian

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic فَضَلَ (faḍala)
    Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl)bor.
    Persian فضول

    Borrowed from Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? fuzūl
    Dari reading? fuzūl
    Iranian reading? fozul
    Tajik reading? fuzul

    Adjective

    فضول • (fozul)

    1. nosy, prying

    Noun

    فضول • (fozul)

    1. nosey parker

    Further reading

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic فَضَلَ (faḍala)
    Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl)bor.
    Classical Persian فُضُول (fuzūl)bor.
    Urdu فُضُول (fuzūl)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian فُضُول (fuzūl), borrowed from Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl), from فَضَلَ (faḍala). First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi فضول (fẓvl /⁠fuzūl⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fʊ.zuːl/
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): [fɪ.zuːl], [fə.zuːl]
    • Rhymes: -uːl
    • Hyphenation: فُ‧ضُول

    Adjective

    فُضُول • (fuzūl) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling फ़ज़ूल)

    1. pointless; futile
      1. nonsense
      2. vulgar
    2. useless; needless
    3. redundant
    4. excessive; extravagant

    Noun

    فُضُول • (fuzūl) m (Hindi spelling फ़ज़ूल)

    1. excess, redundance

    Declension

    Declension of فضول
    singular plural
    direct فُضُول (fuzūl) فُضُول (fuzūl)
    oblique فُضُول (fuzūl) فُضُولوں (fuzūlõ)
    vocative فُضُول (fuzūl) فُضُولو (fuzūlo)

    References

    1. ^ “فضول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • “فضول”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “فضول”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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