Tufail: meaning, origin and pronunciation
BoyArabic
طفیل
طُفَيْل
Meaning disputedAwaiting scholar review
Tufail (طفیل, Arabic طُفَيْل) is most often explained as “little child (diminutive of ṭifl)”. It comes from the Arabic root ط ف ل. Sources disagree, see below. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ط ف ل; Platts, Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English, طفیل.
- Meaning
- little child (diminutive of ṭifl)
- معنی
- ننھا بچہ
Meaning disputed
Diminutive of ṭifl, child. Lane records Ṭufayl as a man known for coming to feasts uninvited, whence ṭufaylī, a sponger; in Urdu ke tufail means 'thanks to'.
The word is real, but sources or popular claims disagree about the name. Each reading is shown with its source.
- Say it
- tu-failAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ط ف ل
- Other spellings
- Tufayl