فُلَانٌ man called so-and-so in Arabic
فُلَانٌ is how you say “man called so-and-so” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
قَالُوا أَهْدَاهُ لَكَ فُلَانٌ أَوْ فُلَانَةٌ
They said, "Either a man called so-and-so gave it to you, or a woman called so-and-so gave it to you."
فُلاَنٌ a man called so-and-so
This is the placeholder name for an unnamed man ('so-and-so'), standing as the subject of the giving verb in its subject form. It stands in for a real name the speaker cannot or need not give. It is the doer of the gift.
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قُلْتُ قَالَهُ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَأُسَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُضَيْرِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ
I said: It was said by so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so, and Usayd ibn al-Hudayr al-Ansari.
فُلَانٌ so-and-so
A stand-in noun for an unnamed person, the equivalent of 'so-and-so', used when the actual name is withheld or unknown. It holds a name-slot in the list without identifying anyone.
قُلْتُ قَالَهُ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَأُسَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُضَيْرِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ
I said: It was said by so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so, and Usayd ibn al-Hudayr al-Ansari.
وَفُلَانٌ and so-and-so
An 'and' joined to the same stand-in noun, adding another unnamed person to the list. The connector strings the placeholders together; the repetition is the listing device.
قُلْتُ قَالَهُ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَأُسَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُضَيْرِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ
I said: It was said by so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so, and Usayd ibn al-Hudayr al-Ansari.
وَفُلَانٌ and so-and-so
An 'and' joined to the same stand-in noun, adding another unnamed person to the list. The connector strings the placeholders together; the repetition is the listing device.
فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَنْتَ فَقَالَ أَنَا فُلَانٌ بْنُ فُلَانٍ
I said, "Who are you?" He said, "I am so-and-so, son of so-and-so."
فلَان so-and-so
This is a stand-in placeholder name, the equivalent of 'so-and-so', used when a real name is left unstated. It heads the name-pattern completed by 'son of...'. It fills the subject's name slot without committing to a person.