فتوريا fatūriyā A. adj. 1. Dispersed, ruined, un- done. 2. (Hind.) Exciting quarrels.

فارسي fārs-ī P 1. s. f. Persian language. 2. adj. Persian. فارسي والا fārsī-wālā, A Persian scholar.

فضول faẓūl A or fuẓūl (from فضل) adj. Exube- rant, excessive, extravagant, redundant. فضول خرچ faẓūl-ḵẖarch, Extravagant, profuse, pro- digal. فضول گو faẓūl-go, 1. A prolix speaker, one who talks much, babbler, talkative. 2. A boaster, egotist.

فردوس firdaus A (Heb. Aram. Gr. *paradeisos) s. m. A garden, paradise. فردوس مکاني firdaus-makān-ī, adj. Whose dwelling is paradise.

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

فرموده farmūda P part. pass. (of فرمودن) Or- dered, said; s. m. Order, command, precept.

فرامش farāmush P adj. See فراموش farāmosh.

فرصت furṣat A (from فرص) s. f. Leisure, free- dom, ease, convenience, opportunity, occasion, time, relief, rest.

فليته falīta A. (corrupt. from فتيله) s. m. 1. Match, torch, wick, fusee. 2. A wick com- posed of paper inscribed with mystick words, by inhaling the smoke of which demons are said to be expelled from those possessed. 3. A cord of twisted thread sewed between the two folds of the hem of a garment to strengthen it. فليته دار falīta-dār, 1. A matchlock. 2. Any thing that has a match or wick. 3. Cloth hemmed with a cord (فليته falīta, q. v.).

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.