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Afzal
افضلSay it UF-zul
- Meaning
- More excellent, most excellent; superior Lane, p. 2413
- Say it
- UF-zul
- Written
- افضل
Afzal
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Afzal meaning
Afzal (افضل) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
More excellent, most excellent; superior
Afzal (افضل) is the Arabic afḍal, the comparative and superlative of faḍl, "excellence, merit, bounty". Lane's lexicon glosses it simply as "more excellent" and "most excellent". The Arabic letter ḍād is pronounced z in Urdu and Persian, which is why the Indian form is Afzal. Name lists give "most excellent" or "superior", matching the dictionary. In Indian history the name is remembered through Afzal Khan, the Bijapur general who met Shivaji at Pratapgad in 1659.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 6, p. 2413 · entry afḍal (أَفْضَلُ), root f-ḍ-l · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, afḍal, Book I p. 2413 · Wikipedia, Afzal Khan (general)
Famous namesakes
- Afzal Khan, Bijapur general (d. 1659)