افضل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَفْضَل (ʔafḍal).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaf.zal]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.zäl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.zäl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.zäl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.zäl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæf.zæl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.zäl]

Readings
Classical reading?	afzal
Dari reading?	afzal
Iranian reading?	afzal
Tajik reading?	afzal

Adjective

افضل • (afzal)

1. more or most excellent, virtuous, distinguished, eminent, learned, noble

Descendants

• → Bengali: আফজল (aphjol), ফজল (phojol), ফাজিল (phajil)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “افضل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul