فضل faẓl A s. m. 1. Excellence, virtue. 2. In- crease, gain. 3. Gift, reward, favour, grace.

فوجداري fauj-dār-ī A s. f. Office of a فوجدار faujdār.

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.

فرامين farāmīn P s. plur. (of Pers. فرمان adopted in Arab.) Orders, commands, mandates, pre- cepts.

فرس faras A s. m. 1. A horse. 2. The knight at chess.

فرجام farjām P s. m. 1. End, conclusion, issue. 2. Happiness, prosperity. 3. Utility.

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.

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

فيلسوفي failsūf-ī G. s. f. Cunning, artfulness.

قيته fīta Port. s. m. Ribbon, tape. (Portug. fita).