فاتحه
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic الْفَاتِحَة (al-fātiḥa).
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 |
Proper noun
editفاتحه • (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- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فاتحه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فاتحه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press