فرشته firishta P (orig. فرسته from فرستن To send) s. m. An angel, an apostle, prophet, missionary, messenger.

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.

فسردگي fusurda-gī P s. f. See افسردگي.

فربه farbih P adj. Fat.

فشان fishān P part. (of فشاندن) in compos. Strewing, scattering, shedding, spreading, expanding, strewed, scattered.

فخر faḵẖr A s. m. 1. Glory, nobility, ornament, grace. 2. Boasting, egotism, pride, ostentation.

فاق fāḳ A (vulg. fāg, from فوق) s. f. The notch of an arrow, arrow.

فدک fadak A s. Name of a village in Ḵẖaibar.

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.

ف fe in Arabic fā, the twentieth letter of the Arabic and twenty-third of the Persian alphabet,