فرضاً farẓaṉ A adv. Hypothetically, for instance, suppose, granting.

فرسخ farsaḵẖ P. s. m. A parasang (or mea- sure of about 18,000 feet), a league.

فيلي fīl-ī P. adj. Belonging to an elephant.

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

فگن figan P part. act. See افگن afgan.

فرقان furḳān A (from فرق as distinguishing truth from falsehood) s. m. The ḳurʼān (Alcoran).

فصاحت faṣāḥat A (from فصح To speak clearly, from Heb. To break; and, hence, to sound) s. f. Eloquence.

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.).

فن fann A s. m. 1. Science. 2. Skill, sagacity, stratagem, art, artifice. (Plur. فنون). فن فريب fann-fareb, or (dakh.) فن فتور fann-fitūr, s. m. Art and cunning. فن فر يبي fann-fareb-ī, adj. Artful, cunning.

فتح fatḥ A (Heb. To open) s. f. 1. An aperture, opening. 2. Victory, conquest. فتح پيچ faṭh-pech, A mode of tying the turband. فتح مند fatḥ-mand, adj. Victorious, conqueror, triumphant. فتح مندي fatḥ-mand-ī, s. f. Vic- tory, victoriousness. فتح نامه fatḥ-nāma, s. m. Despatches announcing victory. فتح نشان fatḥ- nishān, A victorious standard (opened only in battle). فتح نصيب fatḥ-naṣīb, adj. Victorious, of victorious fortune. فتح ياب fatḥ-yāb, adj. Victorious. فتح کرنا fatḥ karnā, To conquer. فتح هونا fatḥ honā, To be conquered.