फ़ैलसूफ़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فیلسوف (faylasūf), from Arabic فَيْلَسُوف (faylasūf), from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fɛːl.suːf/, /pʰɛːl.suːpʰ/

Noun

फ़ैलसूफ़ • (failsūf) m

1. philosopher
2. a cunning rascal, imposter

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “failasūfa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “फैलसूफ”, in Hindwi Dictionary [including the languages of Hindi region] (in Hindi), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.