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ف ض ل (f ḍ l) |
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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)
فَضُلَ • (faḍula) I (non-past يَفْضُلُ (yafḍulu), verbal noun فُضُول (fuḍūl))
- to become meritorious; to become illustrious
- Synonym: شَرُفَ (šarufa)
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
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
- فَضْلًا عَنْ (faḍlan ʕan)
- مِنْ فَضْلِكَ (min faḍlika)
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ف ض ل |
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فضل • (fiḍil) I (non-past يِفْضَل (yifḍal))
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | فضلت (fiḍilt) | فضلت (fiḍilt) | فضل (fiḍil) | فضلنا (fiḍilna) | فضلتوا (fiḍiltu) | فضلوا (fiḍlu) | |
f | فضلتي (fiḍilti) | فضلت (fiḍlat) | ||||||
non-past | m | أفضل (ʔafḍal) | تفضل (tifḍal) | يفضل (yifḍal) | نفضل (nifḍal) | تفضلوا (tifḍalu) | يفضلوا (yifḍalu) | |
f | تفضلي (tifḍali) | تفضل (tifḍal) | ||||||
imperative | m | افضل (afḍal) | افضلوا (afḍalu) | |||||
f | افضلي (afḍali) |
From Arabic فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala).
فضل • (faḍḍal) II (non-past يِفَضِّل (yifaḍḍil))
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | فضلت (faḍḍalt) | فضلت (faḍḍalt) | فضل (faḍḍal) | فضلنا (faḍḍalna) | فضلتوا (faḍḍaltu) | فضلوا (faḍḍalu) | |
f | فضلتي (faḍḍalti) | فضلت (faḍḍalat) | ||||||
non-past | m | أفضل (ʔafaḍḍil) | تفضل (tifaḍḍil) | يفضل (yifaḍḍil) | نفضل (nifaḍḍil) | تفضلوا (tifaḍḍilu) | يفضلوا (yifaḍḍilu) | |
f | تفضلي (tifaḍḍili) | تفضل (tifaḍḍil) | ||||||
imperative | m | فضل (faḍḍil) | فضلوا (faḍḍilu) | |||||
f | فضلي (faḍḍili) |
فضل • (faḍil) m (construct state فَضْل (faḍl), plural أفضال (ʔafḍāl))
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ف ض ل |
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From Arabic فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala).
فضّل • (faḍḍal) II (non-past يفضّل (yfaḍḍal))
- to favor
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | فضّلت (faḍḍalt) | فضّلتي (faḍḍalti) | فضّل (faḍḍal) | فضّلنا (faḍḍalna) | فضّلتوا (faḍḍaltu) | فضّلوا (faḍḍlu) | |
f | فضّلت (faḍḍlāt) | |||||||
non-past | m | نفضّل (nfaḍḍal) | تفضّل (tfaḍḍal) | يفضّل (yfaḍḍal) | نفضّلوا (nfaḍḍlu) | تفضّلوا (tfaḍḍlu) | يفضّلوا (yfaḍḍlu) | |
f | تفضّلي (tfaḍḍli) | تفضّل (tfaḍḍal) | ||||||
imperative | m | فضّل (faḍḍal) | فضّلوا (faḍḍlu) | |||||
f | فضّلي (faḍḍli) |
Borrowed from Arabic فَضْل (faḍl).
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [fazl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fæzl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fäzl]
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Classical reading? | fazl |
Dari reading? | fazl |
Iranian reading? | fazl |
Tajik reading? | fazl |
فضل • (fazl)
- learning, knowledge
c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][1]:
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)
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فضل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
South Levantine Arabic
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ف ض ل |
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From Arabic فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala).
فضّل • (faḍḍal) II (present بفضّل (bifaḍḍel))
- to prefer
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | فضّلت (faḍḍalt) | فضّلت (faḍḍalt) | فضّل (faḍḍal) | فضّلنا (faḍḍalna) | فضّلتو (faḍḍaltu) | فضّلو (faḍḍalu) | |
f | فضّلتي (faḍḍalti) | فضّلت (faḍḍalat) | ||||||
present | m | بفضّل (bafaḍḍel) | بتفضّل (bitfaḍḍel) | بفضّل (bifaḍḍel) | منفضّل (minfaḍḍel) | بتفضّلو (bitfaḍḍlu) | بفضّلو (bifaḍḍlu) | |
f | بتفضّلي (bitfaḍḍli) | بتفضّل (bitfaḍḍel) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | افضّل (afaḍḍel) | تفضّل (tfaḍḍel) | يفضّل (yfaḍḍel) | نفضّل (nfaḍḍel) | تفضّلو (tfaḍḍlu) | يفضّلو (yfaḍḍlu) | |
f | تفضّلي (tfaḍḍli) | تفضّل (tfaḍḍel) | ||||||
imperative | m | فضّل (faḍḍel) | فضّلو (faḍḍlu) | |||||
f | فضّلي (faḍḍli) |