فرض farẓ A s. m. f. Divine command, a duty the omission of which is considered as a mortal sin, an obligation. فرض کرنا farẓ karnā, To consider as a positive indispensable duty, to consider as certain or unquestionable, to grant, admit, assume. فرض هونا farẓ honā, To be in- cumbent, to behoove.

فرزانه farzāna P adj. Wise, intelligent, excellent.

فتنه fitna A (from فتن To try to tempt) s. m. 1. Calamity, mischief. 2. Sedition, mutiny. 3. Perfidy. 4. Sin, evil, pest. 5. Temptation, seduction. فتنه انگيز fitna-angez, A fomenter of disturbances, an incendiary, a mischiefmaker, seditious, turbulent, insurgent, &c. فتنه انگيزي fitna-angez-ī, s. f. Causing disturbances, sedi- tiousness, mischievousness, &c. فتنه جو fitna- jo, Quarrelsome, seditious. فتنه ساز fitna-sāz, Mischiefmaking, mischiefmaker. فتنه سازي fitna-sāz-ī, s. f. The occasioning of disturbance or trouble. فتنه گر fitna-gar, A seditious per- son, a mischiefmaker.

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

فيروزه fīroza P. (Pers. پيروزه Sans. पेरोज) s. m. A turkois.

فارس fāris A (part. act. of فرس) s. m. 1. A horseman, a cavalier. 2. Persia.

فولاد fūlād P. improp. faulād (Pers. پولاد) s. f. Steel.

فالتو fāltū H Spare, surplus.

فاحشه fāḥisha A (from فحش) s. f. 1. A harlot. 2. Any thing abominable.

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.