फ़ज़ूल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فُضُول (fuzūl), from Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl). Related to फ़ाज़िल (fāzil, “excess”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fə.zuːl/, [fɐ.zuːl], /pʰə.d͡ʒuːl/, [pʰɐ.d͡ʒuːl]

Adjective

फ़ज़ूल • (fazūl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling فضول)

1. pointless, futile

   तू यह फ़ज़ूल की चीज़ क्यों कर रहा है?

   tū yah fazūl kī cīz kyõ kar rahā hai?

   Why are you doing such pointless things?

Derived terms

• फ़ज़ूलखर्च (fazūlkharc, “extravagant”)
• फ़ज़ूलखर्ची (fazūlkharcī, “extravagance”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फ़ज़ूल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press