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.

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

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.

فخري faḵẖr-ī A s. f. A kind of grape so called.

فتوريا fatūriyā A. adj. 1. Dispersed, ruined, un- done. 2. (Hind.) Exciting quarrels.

فزا fazā P or fizā, part. in compos. (from فزودن) Increasing. See افزا afzā.

فريب fareb P (prop. fireb, from فريفتن or فريبيدن) 1. s. m. Deceit, trick, deception, fraud, allurement. 2. part. act. (in compos.) Cheating, deceiving; as, مردم فريب mardum-fareb, Betraying men. فريب آميز fareb-āmez, adj. Deceitful. فريب خورده fareb-ḵẖụrda, adj. Deceived. فريب دينا fareb denā, To deceive, delude, allure, cheat, defraud, cozen, beguile. فريب کار fareb-kār, adj. Deceitful. فريب کهـانا fareb-khānā, To be deceived or deluded.

فضولي faẓūl-ī A. s. f. Exuberance, redundance, excess, exorbitance, extravagance.

فنون funūn A s. plur. (of فن) Sciences, arts.

فلان fulān A (vulg. falān, Heb. from To lie hid) adj. Such a one or thing. ¶ falān or فلاني falānī, s. f. (met.) Pudendum muliebre.