فحوا faḥwā A s. m. Style, contents, signification, sense, drift, tenour, meaning. (Plur. فحاوي faḥāwī). فحواي کلام faḥwā-e-kalām, Significa- tion, sense, scope, meaning, spirit, contents, drift, tenour of the speech or discourse.

فروع furūﻌ A s. plur. (of فرع) Tops, summits, branches, heads or chiefs of a family.

فرزي farzī P s. f. The queen at chess. فرزين بند farzīn-band, s. m. A term used at chess.

فرج faraj A s. f. Cheerfulness, delight, pleasure, joy. ¶ farj, s. f. Pudendum tum maris tum feminæ.

فايز fāʼịz A part. act. (of فوز) Overtaking, reaching, obtaining.

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.).

فاني fānī A (part. act. of فنا) adj. Frail, transi- tory, inconstant, perishable. جـﮩ‍ان فاني jahān-i-fānī, This transitory world.

فرح faraḥ A (Heb. To bud, to blossom, to prosper) 1. adj. Joyful, pleased, satisfied, cheer- ful. 2. s. Joy, gladness. فرح بخش faraḥ- baḵẖsh, adj. Imparting gladness.

فلفل filfil A (from Sans. पिप्पली) s. f. Pepper.

فتيله fatīla A (from فتل Heb. To twist a rope) s. m. 1. A match, a wick. فتيله سوز fatīla-soz, s. m. A candlestick.