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).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /fadʒil/, [ˈfadʒil], /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)
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