فُلَانٍ so-and-so in Arabic
فُلَانٍ is how you say “so-and-so” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَهِىَ تَقُولُ فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِفُلَانٍ وَفَعَلَ
And she said, "Allah did something to so-and-so, and did..."
بِفُلَانٍ to so-and-so
Here bi- means 'to/against' marking the target of the action, attached to a placeholder noun standing for an unnamed person ('so-and-so'). It governs that noun into the genitive, and the placeholder lets the report avoid naming the man.
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More example sentences
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."
فُلَانٍ so-and-so
This is a second placeholder name in the genitive 'of' slot, the owner half completing 'son of so-and-so'. Its position right after 'son of' supplies the lineage link with no separate word. It stands in for the father's unstated name.