फ़ैसला करना means decide, reach a decision, or adjudicate. It combines masculine noun फ़ैसला with करना, but its complements distinguish several kinds of deciding: an infinitive in -ने का for a chosen action, a कि clause for propositional content, and का/पर phrases for a case or topic. Institutional Hindi also distinguishes making, reaching, and announcing a decision.
Principal forms
फ़ैसला remains nominal; करना supplies the verbal morphology. Since फ़ैसला is masculine singular and ordinarily unmarked inside the predicate, the perfective is फ़ैसला किया.
| Category | Forms |
|---|---|
| infinitive | फ़ैसला करना |
| habitual | फ़ैसला करता / करती / करते |
| progressive | फ़ैसला कर रहा / रही / रहे |
| perfective | फ़ैसला किया |
| conjunctive | फ़ैसला करके |
| prospective | फ़ैसला करने वाला / वाली / वाले |
वह बड़े ख़र्च से पहले परिवार से बात करके फ़ैसला करता है।
vah baṛe xarc se pahle parivār se bāt karke faislā kartā hai.
Before a major expense, he makes a decision after talking with the family.
समिति अभी अगले चरण के बारे में फ़ैसला कर रही है।
samiti abhī agle caraṇ ke bāre meṃ faislā kar rahī hai.
The committee is currently deciding about the next phase.
The progressive presents deliberation as under way. Once फ़ैसला किया is asserted, the decision is conventionally understood as reached, even if implementation remains later.
Chosen action: infinitive-ने का फ़ैसला
A decision to act is packaged as an oblique infinitive plus masculine का: जाने का फ़ैसला, नौकरी बदलने का फ़ैसला, आवेदन वापस लेने का फ़ैसला. The person who will perform the infinitive is normally understood from the decision maker or context.
काफ़ी सोचने के बाद उसने शहर न छोड़ने का फ़ैसला किया।
kāfī socne ke bād usne śahar na choṛne kā faislā kiyā.
After considerable thought, he/she decided not to leave the city.
कंपनी ने अगले साल दो नए केंद्र खोलने का फ़ैसला किया है।
kampanī ne agle sāl do nae kendr kholne kā faislā kiyā hai.
The company has decided to open two new centers next year.
Negative न sits before the infinitive inside the decision content. Masculine का agrees with फ़ैसला, not with the action or its object.
Propositional content with कि
A कि clause states the decision as a full proposition. This is particularly common when the embedded clause has its own subject, when an institutional policy is formulated, or when passive wording foregrounds the affected action.
विश्वविद्यालय ने फ़ैसला किया कि इस वर्ष शुल्क नहीं बढ़ाया जाएगा।
viśvavidyālay ne faislā kiyā ki is varṣ śulk nahīṃ baṛhāyā jāegā.
The university decided that fees would not be increased this year.
हमने फ़ैसला किया कि बैठक ऑनलाइन होगी।
hamne faislā kiyā ki baiṭhak onlāin hogī.
We decided that the meeting would be online.
Hindi does not require English-style sequence-of-tense backshift: होगी remains appropriate from the reported decision's perspective. See the कि-complement guide for clause structure.
Case, topic, and institutional frames
मामले का फ़ैसला करना can mean decide or adjudicate a case. मुद्दे पर फ़ैसला करना means decide on an issue. The genitive construes the case as the decision's content; पर presents a topic awaiting a decision. In courts, फ़ैसला सुनाना means pronounce the judgment, while फ़ैसला होना means be decided or come to resolution.
अदालत अगले सप्ताह ज़मानत के मामले पर फ़ैसला करेगी।
adālat agle saptāh zamānat ke māmle par faislā karegī.
The court will decide on the bail matter next week.
न्यायाधीश ने दोनों पक्षों को सुनने के बाद फ़ैसला सुनाया।
nyāyādhīś ne donoṃ pakṣoṃ ko sunne ke bād faislā sunāyā.
The judge pronounced the decision after hearing both sides.
निर्णय लेना is common in (formal) administrative and academic prose. तय करना is often the compact everyday choice for fixing a time, price, or plan. फ़ैसला लेना also occurs widely in contemporary speech and public writing; it should not be declared categorically wrong, though some editors prefer फ़ैसला करना or निर्णय लेना.
हमने तारीख़ तय कर ली है, लेकिन जगह पर अभी फ़ैसला नहीं हुआ।
hamne tārīx tay kar lī hai, lekin jagah par abhī faislā nahīṃ huā.
We have fixed the date, but the venue has not yet been decided.
Perfective alignment and result
फ़ैसला करना is agentive and transitive. A perfective decision maker takes ने, and masculine फ़ैसला gives किया. A following कि clause does not control agreement. Passive फ़ैसला किया गया suppresses or backgrounds the decision maker and is especially common in institutional announcements.
समीक्षा के बाद बोर्ड ने प्रस्ताव रोकने का फ़ैसला किया।
samīkṣā ke bād borḍ ne prastāv rokne kā faislā kiyā.
After the review, the board decided to halt the proposal.
लंबी चर्चा के बाद मतदान कराने का फ़ैसला किया गया।
lambī carcā ke bād matdān karāne kā faislā kiyā gayā.
After a long discussion, it was decided to hold a vote.
Future and subjunctive
| Person | Subjunctive | Future masculine | Future feminine |
|---|---|---|---|
| मैं | फ़ैसला करूँ | फ़ैसला करूँगा | फ़ैसला करूँगी |
| तुम | फ़ैसला करो | फ़ैसला करोगे | फ़ैसला करोगी |
| यह / वह | फ़ैसला करे | फ़ैसला करेगा | फ़ैसला करेगी |
| हम / आप / ये / वे | फ़ैसला करें | फ़ैसला करेंगे | फ़ैसला करेंगी |
मैं सारे दस्तावेज़ पढ़ने के बाद फ़ैसला करूँगी।
maĩ sāre dastāvez paṛhne ke bād faislā karū̃gī.
I will decide after reading all the documents. (female speaker)
उचित होगा कि स्वतंत्र समिति इस मुद्दे पर फ़ैसला करे।
ucit hogā ki svatantra samiti is mudde par faislā kare.
It would be appropriate for an independent committee to decide this issue.
Imperatives and participles
Imperatives are फ़ैसला कर, फ़ैसला करो, and respectful फ़ैसला कीजिए. A direct imperative can pressure the addressee; deliberative contexts often soften it with सोचकर, आराम से, or a time allowance.
सारी शर्तें पढ़कर ही फ़ैसला कीजिए।
sārī śarteṃ paṛhkar hī faislā kījie.
Make a decision only after reading all the terms.
Participles include फ़ैसला करते हुए, फ़ैसला करके, फ़ैसला किया हुआ, and फ़ैसला करने वाला. In formal prose, passive किया गया फ़ैसला is often more idiomatic than bare किया हुआ when referring to an official decision.
जल्दबाज़ी में किया गया फ़ैसला बाद में महँगा पड़ा।
jaldbāzī meṃ kiyā gayā faislā bād meṃ mahãgā paṛā.
The decision made in haste proved costly later.
Compounds, causation, and idiom
फ़ैसला कर लेना presents the decision as settled for the subject's purposes. फ़ैसला कर देना adds decisive or prompt completion and can imply that the actor resolves matters for others. फ़ैसला हो जाना removes the decision maker from focus and presents the issue as settled.
दोनों साझेदारों ने अलग-अलग काम करने का फ़ैसला कर लिया।
donoṃ sājhedāroṃ ne alag-alag kām karne kā faislā kar liyā.
The two partners decided once and for all to work separately.
फ़ैसला करवाना introduces arranged causation: have an authority, arbitrator, or other party decide a matter. The adjudicator commonly takes से.
दोनों पक्ष पंचायत से ज़मीन का फ़ैसला करवाना चाहते थे।
donoṃ pakṣ pañcāyat se zamīn kā faislā karvānā cāhte the.
Both sides wanted to have the village council decide the land dispute.
The idiomatic expression फ़ैसला आपके हाथ में है means that the choice and responsibility now belong to you. It shifts from the physical location “in your hand” to control over an outcome.
हमने सारे विकल्प समझा दिए हैं; अब अंतिम फ़ैसला आपके हाथ में है।
hamne sāre vikalp samjhā die haiṃ; ab antim faislā āpke hāth meṃ hai.
We have explained all the options; the final decision is now in your hands.
Common Mistakes
❌ उसने विदेश जाने की फ़ैसला की।
Incorrect — masculine फ़ैसला requires का and perfective किया.
✅ उसने अगले साल विदेश जाने का फ़ैसला किया।
usne agle sāl videś jāne kā faislā kiyā.
He/She decided to go abroad next year.
❌ समिति फ़ैसला किया कि दफ़्तर बंद रहेगा।
Incorrect — an agentive perfective decision maker requires ने.
✅ समिति ने फ़ैसला किया कि दफ़्तर बंद रहेगा।
samiti ne faislā kiyā ki daftar band rahegā.
The committee decided that the office would remain closed.
❌ अदालत ने मामले को फ़ैसला किया।
Incorrect complement marking for adjudicating a case.
✅ अदालत ने पुराने मामले का फ़ैसला किया।
adālat ne purāne māmle kā faislā kiyā.
The court decided the old case.
❌ न्यायाधीश ने फ़ैसला बोला।
Incorrect collocation — a judgment is pronounced with सुनाना.
✅ न्यायाधीश ने दोपहर में फ़ैसला सुनाया।
nyāyādhīś ne dopahar meṃ faislā sunāyā.
The judge pronounced the judgment in the afternoon.
Key Takeaways
फ़ैसला करना is a masculine noun-plus-करना predicate. A chosen action takes infinitive-ने का, propositional content takes कि, and cases or topics use का or पर according to construal. Perfective agents take ने and फ़ैसला किया. Compound, passive, causative, and institutional support verbs redistribute agency rather than merely changing tense.
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