فکر fikr A s. f. and m. 1. Thought, reflection, consideration, opinion, notion, conceit, imagina- tion, idea, care, concern, counsel, advice. 2. Solicitude, anxiety. فکر مند fikr-mand, adj. Thoughtful, anxious. فکر کرنا fikr karnā, To consider, reflect, think, be thoughtful or anxious, to care.

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

فاتحه fātiḥa A (from فتح) 1. s. m. Commence- ment, exordium. 2. s. f. The first chapter or سوره of the ḳurʼān, which being repeated when praying for the souls of the dead, the word comes to mean prayers offered up in the name of saints, &c. and vulgarly oblations made to saints, &c.

فرموده farmūda P part. pass. (of فرمودن) Or- dered, said; s. m. Order, command, precept.

فضيلت faẓīlat A (from فضل) s. f. Excellence, perfection, virtue, knowledge, learning.

فيلسوف failsūf G. (Gr. *filosofos) 1. s. m. A phi- losopher. 2. adj. Intelligent, knowing; (met. in Hind.) Cunning, artful, crafty.

فاخته fāḵẖta P s. f. 1. A dove. 2. Name of a colour. فاخته اڙجانا fāḵẖta uṛ jānā, To be confounded, to faint. وه دن گئي جو خليل خان فا خته اڙاتي تهـي wuh din gaye jo Ḵẖalīl Ḵẖān fāḵẖta uṛāte the, The days of Khalīl Khānʼs prosperity (or splendour) are gone.

فيمابين fī-mā bain A In that which is between. ق

فربـﮩ‍ي farbih-ī P s. f. Fatness.

فرشتگان firishta-gān P s. plur. (of فرشته) Angels, &c.