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.

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

فجور fajūr A (from فجر) adj. Adulterous, wicked. ¶ fujūr, s. m. Wickedness, adultery.

فتيٰ fatạ̄ A s. m. A young man.

فالز fāliz P. s. (dakh.) For فاليز fālez, q. v.

فصيحي faṣīḥ-ī A. s. f. Eloquence.

فرنگي farang-ī P (from Fr. franc) s. m. A frank, an European in general. adj. European.

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.

فتحه fatʼḥa A s. m. The vowel pronounced as the English a in the word America, or the French e in le.

فخر faḵẖr A s. m. 1. Glory, nobility, ornament, grace. 2. Boasting, egotism, pride, ostentation.