the twentieth letter of the Arabic alphabet, the twenty-third in the Persian, and the twenty-sixth in the Hindūstānī. This letter exists not in Sanskrit, nor in any of the modern dialects of India thence derived ; and in words from the Persian or Arabic the Indians frequently change f into p or ph, as pālez for fālez, a field of melons. Prefixed to Arabic words (with the short a as fa) it denotes and, then, afterwards, as fa-ḳaṭṭ, and that in all, merely, only. Its sound is precisely that of the English f. in reckoning by abjad it stands for eighty.
فاتح
Fātiḥ,
NA
one who opens, a conqueror. A.
فاتحہ
Fātiḥa,
f.
commencement, exordium ; the first chapter of the ḳur,ān, 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. khair kī fātiḥa, at prayer offered up for the welfare of an one. a.
فاجر
فاجرہ
Fājir,
Fājira,
m.
f.
a fornicator, an adulterer, a sinner ; adj. sinful, unchaste. A.
فاحش
Fāḥish,
NA
obscene, indecent, impudnt, shameful, enormous, gross. A.
فاحشہ
Fāḥisha,
f.
a harlot ; any thing abominable. A.
فاختہ
Fākhta,
f.
a dove ; name of a colour. Fākhta-uṛ-jānā, n. to be confounded, to faint. Wuh din gaye jo khalīl khān fākhta uṛāte the, the days of khalīl khān's prosperity (or splendour) are gone. P.
فاختئی
Fākhta,ī,
f.
dove-colour. P.
فاخر
Fākhir,
m.
excellent, precious, honourable ; a boaster, an egotist. A.
فاخرت
فاخرہ
Fākhirat,
Fākhira,
NA
excellent. Khil' ati fākhira, a splendid robe of honour. A.