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.

فنجان finjān P s. m. A porcelain dish.

فتقا fatḳā A adj. f. Patentiore rima (mulier).

فرقت furḳat A s. f. Distance, separation, dis- tinction, absence (of lovers, &c.)

فاطمه fāt̤ima A s. f. Name of Muhammadʼs daughter and wife of Ali.

فصل faṣl A s. f. 1. Separation, division, a sec- tion, article, clause, chapter. 2. Time, season, crop, harvest. (Plur. فصول fuṣūl).

فلاخن falāḵẖun P s. f. A sling.

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.

فتيٰ fatạ̄ A s. m. A young man.

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