فسان fisān P or fasān, s. A whetstone.

فاقه fāḳa A (from فوق Heb. ) s. m. 1. Po- verty, necessity, want. 2. (Pers. and in Hindī) A fast, fasting (from want, not as a religious duty). فاقه کرنا fāḳa karnā, To fast. فاقه کش fāḳa-kash, One who fasts, a faster, famished. فاقه کشي fāḳa-kash-ī, s. f. Fasting, endurance of hunger. فاقه کهـينچنا fāḳa khainchnā, or فاقون مرنا fāḳoṅ marnā, v. n. To starve, to be famished, to die with hunger. فاقه مست fāḳa- mast, One who is starving but conceals his distress.

فـﮩميدگي fahmīda-gī P s. f. Comprehension.

فلاسفه falāsifa A s. plur. (of فيلسوف) Philosophers.

فاسده fāsida A f. (part. act. of فسد) adj. Vi- cious, perverse, depraved, corrupt, noxious, pernicious, bad. اخلاق فاسده aḵẖlāḳ-i-fāsida, Vicious or bad disposition or manners.

فريببرز farīburz P n. prop. Name of a son of Kaikāʼūs; also, name of a woman.

فريد بوٿي farīd būṭī H s. f. A kind of medicinal herb. (Menispermum hirsutum).

فوته fota P. s. m. See فوطه fot̤a.

فاسق fāsiḳ A s. m. (part. act. of فسق Heb. To distend, to divaricate, to quit the path of rectitude) A fornicator, an adulterer, or adultress, a sinner, a worthless fellow. adj. Impious.

فر far P (Arab. فرّ furr, The best and handsomest) s. m. State, pomp, dignity, splendour, glory, lustre, beauty, grace.