ابوالفضل abu-l-faẓl A (father of excellence) n. prop. The secretary of the Emperor Akbar.

افضل afẓal A adj. compar. (of فاضل) More or most excellent, preeminent.

افضلیت āfẓalīyat A s. f. Excellence, preemi- nence.

بوالفضول bu-l-fuẓūl A (بو Endowed with, and فضول Excess) adj. Excessive talker, prodigal.

تفضل tafaẓẓul A (inf. v. of فضل) s. m. 1. Benefi- cence, kindness, deserving. 2. Excelling, excess. (Plur. تفضلات).

تفضيح tafẓīḥ A (inf. ii. of فضح) s. f. Disgrace, disrepute, ignominy.

تفضيل tafẓīl A (inf. ii. of فضل) Excellence, pre- eminence. اسم تفضيل ism-i-tafẓīl, An adjective in the comparative or superlative degree.

رافضي rāfiẓī A (part. act. of رفض To reject) s. m. A heretick, particularly a شيعه shīʼaﻌ, q. v.

رفضي rafẓ-i A s. m. A heretick. See رافضي rāfiẓī or شيعه shīʼaﻌ.

فضل faẓl A s. m. 1. Excellence, virtue. 2. In- crease, gain. 3. Gift, reward, favour, grace.

فضلا fuẓalā A s. plur. (of فاضل) The excellent, the learned.

فضله fuẓla A or prop. faẓla, s. m. 1. Remainder, redundance. 2. Leaving, refuse, offal.

فضول faẓūl A or fuẓūl (from فضل) adj. Exube- rant, excessive, extravagant, redundant. فضول خرچ faẓūl-ḵẖarch, Extravagant, profuse, pro- digal. فضول گو faẓūl-go, 1. A prolix speaker, one who talks much, babbler, talkative. 2. A boaster, egotist.

فضولي faẓūl-ī A. s. f. Exuberance, redundance, excess, exorbitance, extravagance.

فضيح faẓīḥ A (from فضح) adj. Ignominious, in- famous, disgraceful.