فقره fiḳra A (from فقر To break, especially the vertebræ) s. m. A line, a sentence. فقره بندي fiḳra-bandī, s. f. Arrangement, eloquence.

فضله fuẓla A or prop. faẓla, s. m. 1. Remainder, redundance. 2. Leaving, refuse, offal.

ف fe in Arabic fā, the twentieth letter of the Arabic and twenty-third of the Persian alphabet,

فراق firāḳ A (from فرق Heb. To break, to separate) s. m. Separation, absence, departing, distance, distinction. فراق زده firāḳ-zada, adj. Absent, separated. A. P. فراقي firāḳ-ī, adj. Of separation, (one) se- parated (from friends or the beloved).

فندق funduḳ A or finduḳ, s. f. The filbert nut; (met.) The tips of the fingers or toes stained and resembling those nuts. فندق یند finduḳ- band, Staining the tips of the fingers, &c. to resemble the filbert nut.

فلک falak A (Heb. Any thing round) s. m. 1. The heavens, sky, firmament, sphere. 2. Fate, fortune. (Plur. افلاک aflāk). فلک زده falak-zada, Stricken of fate, poor, crazy, lu- natick. فلک کو خبر نـﮩوني کسيکي falak ko ḵẖa- bar na honī kisī ke (lit. A thing being unknown to oneʼs stars) implies great inattention and ig- norance. Mīr Aﻌbdullāh Tajarrud says:-- تجهـ رو مين لطف هي سو ملک کو خبر نـﮩين خورشيد کيا هي اسکي فلک کو خبر نـﮩين Tujh rū meṅ lut̤f hai so malak ko ḵẖabar nahīṅ; ḵẖụrshaid kyā hai? uske falak ko ḵẖabar nahīṅ, There is a charm in thy face unknown even to angels; (compared to it) what is the sun? It is unknown to his orbit or sphere. فلک الافلاک falaku-l-aflāk, The primum mobile, empyrean heaven. فلک سير falak-sair, Like the heavens in motion, rapid in motion. فلک نشان falak- nishān, Like the heavens, high or vast as the heavens.

فشاني fishān-ī P in compos. s. f. Strewing, shed- ding, scattering, spreading.

فرامين farāmīn P s. plur. (of Pers. فرمان adopted in Arab.) Orders, commands, mandates, pre- cepts.

فيلسوفي failsūf-ī G. s. f. Cunning, artfulness.

فرهاد farhād P n. prop. Name of a celebrated Persian statuary, who to please his mistress Shīrīn dug through an immense mountain.