فضيلة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف ض ل (f-ḍ-l)

Instance noun from فَضَلَ (faḍala) or فَضِلَ (faḍila, “to excel, to exceed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.dˤiː.la/

Noun

فَضِيلَة • (faḍīla) f (plural فَضَائِل (faḍāʔil))

1. virtue, merit

Antonyms

• رَذِيلَة (raḏīla)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: fəzilət
• → Bengali: ফজিলৎ (fôzilôt)

  Gujarati: فضیلۃ (fazīlat)

• → Ottoman Turkish: فضیلت (fazilet)

  > Turkish: fazilet, Fazilet (inherited)

• → Uyghur: پەزىلەت (pezilet)
• → Uzbek: fazilat

Adjective

فَضِيلَة • (faḍīla) f

1. feminine singular of فَضِيل (faḍīl)