فزائي fazā-ī P in compos. s. f. Increasing.

فدا fidā A (Heb. To redeem) s. f. Sacrifice, consecration, redemption, devoting oneʼs self to save another, ransom, exchange, cartel. فداکرنا fidā karnā, To devote, to sacrifice. A. P. فدائي fidā-ī, s. One who willingly hazards life in an act or for any one; a lover, thief, murderer.

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.

فراموشگاري farāmoshgār-ī P s. f. Forgetfulness.

فراشي farrāsh-ī A. s. f. Spreading carpets, &c. the business of a farrāsh. فراشي سلام farrāsh-ī- salām, A bow or obeisance made down to the carpet.

فروماني faro-mānī P (from فروماندن) s. Weakness, dejection.

فتور futūr A (from فتر) s. m. 1. Weakness, in- firmity. 2. (Hind.) Quarrelling. ¶ fitūr (dakh.) Treachery, deceit, artifice, fraud, contrivance.

فرجام farjām P s. m. 1. End, conclusion, issue. 2. Happiness, prosperity. 3. Utility.

فرعون firʼaﻌun A (Heb. ) n. prop. 1. Pharaoh. 2. (met.) Any cruel tyrant.

فاحشه fāḥisha A (from فحش) s. f. 1. A harlot. 2. Any thing abominable.