ফাজিল
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Bengali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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 ফজিলৎ (phojilt). Cognate with Hindi फाज़िल (fāzil)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /fadʑil/, [ˈfadʑil], /fazil/, [ˈfazil]
- (Vanga) IPA(key): /ɸad̪zil/, [ˈɸad̪zil], [ˈɸazil]
Adjective
[edit]ফাজিল • (phajil) (comparative আরও ফাজিল, superlative সবচেয়ে ফাজিল)
- talkative, mouthy
- Synonym: বাচাল (bacal)
- (sometimes derogatory) disrespectful, flippant, impudent, rude
- excess
Derived terms
[edit]- ফাজিলের বাচ্চা (phajiler bacca)
- ফাজলামি (phajlami)
- ফাইজলামি (phaijlami)