ফাজিল

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فضيل (fazil), from Arabic فَضِيل (faḍīl, “virtuous, excellent, respectable”), with semantic inversion by antiphrasis. Doublet of আফজল (aphjol), ফজল (phojol), and ফজিল​ৎ (phojil​t). Cognate with Hindi फाज़िल (fāzil)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /fad͡ʒil/, [ˈfad͡ʒil], /fazil/, [ˈfazil]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /fadʑil/, [ˈfadʑil], /fazil/, [ˈfazil]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /ɸad̪zil/, [ˈɸad̪zil], [ˈɸazil]

Adjective

ফাজিল • (phajil) (comparative আরও ফাজিল, superlative সবচেয়ে ফাজিল)

1. talkative, mouthy

   Synonym: বাচাল (bacal)

2. (sometimes derogatory) disrespectful, flippant, impudent, rude
   1. (derogatory, substantive) scoundrel, wretch
3. excess

Derived terms

• ফাজিলের বাচ্চা (phajiler bacca)
• ফাজলামি (phajlami)
• ফাইজলামি (phaijlami)