فضول

See also: فصول

Arabic

Root
ف ض ل (f ḍ l)
11 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of فَضَلَ (faḍala).

Pronunciation

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

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

  • → Macedonian: фодул (fodul), фудул (fudul)
  • → Romanian: fudul
• → Persian: فضول (fozul)
  • → Hindi: फ़ज़ूल (fazūl)
  • → Urdu: فضول (fazūl)

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic فَضَلَ (faḍala)

Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl)bor.

Persian فضول

Borrowed from Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl).

Adjective

فضول • (fozul)

1. nosy, prying

Noun

فضول • (fozul)

1. nosey parker

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/).

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)

Further reading

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