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.

فـﮩم fahm A s. m. Understanding, intellect, com- prehension.

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

فـﮩميد fahmīd P (from فـﮩميدن which from Arab. فـﮩم) s. f. Understanding.

فردوسي firdaus-ī P n. prop. Name of a celebrated poet.

فريبندگي farebanda-gī P s. f. Deceitfulness, de- ceiving.

فتح fatḥ A (Heb. To open) s. f. 1. An aperture, opening. 2. Victory, conquest. فتح پيچ faṭh-pech, A mode of tying the turband. فتح مند fatḥ-mand, adj. Victorious, conqueror, triumphant. فتح مندي fatḥ-mand-ī, s. f. Vic- tory, victoriousness. فتح نامه fatḥ-nāma, s. m. Despatches announcing victory. فتح نشان fatḥ- nishān, A victorious standard (opened only in battle). فتح نصيب fatḥ-naṣīb, adj. Victorious, of victorious fortune. فتح ياب fatḥ-yāb, adj. Victorious. فتح کرنا fatḥ karnā, To conquer. فتح هونا fatḥ honā, To be conquered.

فرهاد farhād P n. prop. Name of a celebrated Persian statuary, who to please his mistress Shīrīn dug through an immense mountain.

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

فرش farsh A (Heb. To spread) s. m. 1. Spreading. 2. Carpetting, bedding, a cushion, mat, carpet, pavement, any thing spread. فرش کرنا farsh karnā, To spread, pave. فرش هونا farsh honā, To be spread. ¶ furush, s. plur. (of فراش firāsh) Beds, carpets.