फ़ज़ूल
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فُضُول (fuzūl), from Arabic فُضُول (fuḍūl). Related to फ़ाज़िल (fāzil, “excess”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /fə.zuːl/, [fɐ.zuːl], /pʰə.d͡ʒuːl/, [pʰɐ.d͡ʒuːl]
Adjective
फ़ज़ूल • (fazūl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling فضول)
- pointless, futile
- तू यह फ़ज़ूल की चीज़ क्यों कर रहा है?
- tū yah fazūl kī cīz kyõ kar rahā hai?
- Why are you doing such pointless things?
Derived terms
- फ़ज़ूलखर्च (fazūlkharc, “extravagant”)
- फ़ज़ूलखर्ची (fazūlkharcī, “extravagance”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फ़ज़ूल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press