فاتحه
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [fɑː.ti.ˈha]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fɒː.t̪ʰe.ɦé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fɔ.t̪ʰi.ɦǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fātiha |
| Dari reading? | fāteha |
| Iranian reading? | fâtehe |
| Tajik reading? | fotiha |
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَاتِحَة (fātiḥa).
Noun
[edit]فاتحه • (fâtehe) (plural فواتح or فاتحهها)
- a beginning, exordium
- funeral prayer; prayer for the deceased
- (Dari) funeral, requiem (gathering held to honor and remember someone who has died)
- (Dari) condolence (gathering held to comfort or support the friends and family of someone who died)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic الْفَاتِحَة (al-fātiḥa).
Proper noun
[edit]فاتحه • (fâtehe)
- al-Fātiḥa, the first chapter of the Quran
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 382”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][1]:
- فاتحهای چو آمدی بر سر خستهای بخوان
لب بگشا که میدهد لعل لبت به مرده جان- fātiha'ē čū āmadī bar sar-i xasta'ē bixwān
lab bugšā ki mē-dihad la'l-i lab-at ba murda jān - When you arrive, read out a Fātiḥa on the head of the wounded one;
Open your lips, for the ruby of your lips gives life to the corpse.
- fātiha'ē čū āmadī bar sar-i xasta'ē bixwān
Further reading
[edit]- Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “فاتحه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فاتحة”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- “فاتحه”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فاتحه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim