فرامين farāmīn P s. plur. (of Pers. فرمان adopted in Arab.) Orders, commands, mandates, pre- cepts.

فرزانگي farzāna-gī P s. f. Wisdom, science, ex- cellence.

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

فضلا fuẓalā A s. plur. (of فاضل) The excellent, the learned.

فتيله fatīla A (from فتل Heb. To twist a rope) s. m. 1. A match, a wick. فتيله سوز fatīla-soz, s. m. A candlestick.

فوج fauj A (from افاجة To hasten, to run) s. f. An army, a multitude. (Plur. افواج). فوجکشي fauj-kash-ī, s. f. The collecting or levying of an army. A. P. فوجدار fauj-dār, An officer of the police so called, a magistrate.

فاعل fāʼiﻌl A part. act. (of فعل) 1. Making, doing, operating. 2. (sub.) An agent. 3. The participle active. 4. The nominative. فاعل حقيقي fāʼiﻌl-i-ḥaḳīḳī, The true agent, God. فاعل مختار fāʼiﻌl-i-muḵẖtār, Master of oneʼs own ac- tions.

فاقه fāḳa A (from فوق Heb. ) s. m. 1. Po- verty, necessity, want. 2. (Pers. and in Hindī) A fast, fasting (from want, not as a religious duty). فاقه کرنا fāḳa karnā, To fast. فاقه کش fāḳa-kash, One who fasts, a faster, famished. فاقه کشي fāḳa-kash-ī, s. f. Fasting, endurance of hunger. فاقه کهـينچنا fāḳa khainchnā, or فاقون مرنا fāḳoṅ marnā, v. n. To starve, to be famished, to die with hunger. فاقه مست fāḳa- mast, One who is starving but conceals his distress.

فندق funduḳ A or finduḳ, s. f. The filbert nut; (met.) The tips of the fingers or toes stained and resembling those nuts. فندق یند finduḳ- band, Staining the tips of the fingers, &c. to resemble the filbert nut.

فصادي faṣṣād-ī A. s. f. Surgery, phlebotomy.