Urdu Dictionary

فتوحي fatūḥī, vulg. fatoḥī prob. fr. A. fatūḥ, fr. fatḥ, 'opening'

P فتوحي fatūḥī, vulg. fatoḥī (prob. fr. A. fatūḥ, fr. fatḥ, 'opening'), s.f. A kind of jacket or vest without sleeves, a short waistcoat.

فتحه fatḥa for A. فتحة fatḥat, fr. fatḥ, q.v.

P فتحه fatḥa (for A. فتحة fatḥat, fr. fatḥ, q.v.), s.m. The sign (َ) of the vowel-sound a (pronounced as the English a in cedar;—syn. zabar).

فاتحه fātiḥa for A. فاتحة fātiḥat, fr. fātiḥ, q.v.

P فاتحه fātiḥa (for A. فاتحة fātiḥat, fr. fātiḥ, q.v.), s.f. Commencement, first part (of a thing); exordium;—the opening chapter, or exordium, of the Qorʼān (so called because the recitation in prayer is commenced therewith); prayers for the dead; prayers offered up in the name of saints, &c.; oblations and offerings to saints, &c.:—fātiḥa paṛhnā (-kī), To repeat the fātiḥa (over), to

repeat prayers for the dead;—to give (a thing) up as lost (e.g. māl-kī ab fātiḥa paṛho); to be disappointed or despondent:—fātiḥa-ḵẖair, s.f. A prayer for good or for blessings; a marriage-prayer; marriage; blessings on the dead:—fātiḥa dilānā (-ke nām), To cause blessings to be invoked (upon a deceased relative; this is done by having the opening chapter of the Qorʼān read over the deceased for forty days after his death, and distributing alms and food):—fātiḥa denā (-ke nām), To invoke blessings (on a deceased relative; see fātiḥa dilānā); to make offerings to saints with prayers.