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.

فازهر fā-zahr P s. m. See پازهر pā-zahr.

فشار fishār P s. m. Squeezing, pressing with the hand, compressing.

فضيح faẓīḥ A (from فضح) adj. Ignominious, in- famous, disgraceful.

فنا fanā A (from فني To vanish, to perish: analog. to Heb. To turn) s. f. Mortality, frailty, perdition, destruction, death. فنا هو جانا fanā hojānā, To perish.

فلاطون falāt̤ūn A. n. prop. Plato: see افلاطون.

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

فرق farḳ A (Heb. To break, to divide) 1. s. m. Difference, distance, distinction, separa- tion, interruption, dispersion. 2. The head, the

فوت faut A s. f. Death, failure, omission. فوت هونا faut honā, 1. To die. 2. To be interred.

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