فدوي fidwī A. (from فدا) adj. Devoted (your de- voted servant).

فسادي fasād-ī A. adj. Quarrelsome, vicious, mu- tinous, rebellious, seditious, mischievous, &c.

فو fū A s. m. Valerian.

فقيري faḳīr-ī A. 1. s. f. Poverty, life of a dervis. 2. adj. Relating to or like a dervis.

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).

فقرا fuḳarā A s. plur. (of فقير) Dervises, &c.

فاطمه fāt̤ima A s. f. Name of Muhammadʼs daughter and wife of Ali.

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.

فرانا farrānā H. (perhaps, from s. r. स्फुर Start, throb. See فرّاٿا) v. n. 1. To sneeze (a horse). 2. (for پهـرانا) To come quickly.

فقير faḳīr A (from فقر) s. m. A beggar, a dervis.