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.

فصيل faṣīl A (vulg. safīl, from فصل) s. f. Breast- work, parapet, intrenchment.

فرد fard A (Heb. To separate, to divide) 1. s. f. A sheet (of paper), list, roll, verse, piece, fragment. 2. An individual. 3. adj. One, unique, incomparable. 4. Single. 5. Odd (number. Plur. فرديات or افراد).

فردوسي firdaus-ī P n. prop. Name of a celebrated poet.

فيض faiẓ A (from فيض Heb. To abound, to be spread or disseminated) s. m. 1. Plenty, abundance, overflowing, profit. 2. Grace, fa- vour, bounty. فيض عام faiẓ-i-āﻌmm, General mu- nificence or goodness; liberal, profuse. فيضرسان faiẓ-rasān, adj. Beneficent, bountiful. فيض مدار faiẓ-madār, Centre or source of abundance or grace. فيضياب faiẓ-yāb, adj. Benefitted, blessed.

فوفل faufal A or fūfal, s. The betel-nut.

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.

فحش fuḥsh A s. m. Obscenity (in word or deed), bawdry, grossness.

فرايض farāʼịẓ A s. plur. (of فريضه from فرض To cut, Heb. To divide, to break) The know- ledge of dividing inheritances agreeably to law.

فربـﮩ‍ي farbih-ī P s. f. Fatness.