فتح

Etymology 1

From the root ف ت ح‎ (f-t-ḥ). Compare Hebrew פָּתַח‎ (patákh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ta.ħa/

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Verb

فَتَحَ • (fataḥa) I, non-past يَفْتَحُ‎‎ (yaftaḥu)

1. (transitive) to open (“to make something accessible”) quotations ▼
2. to conquer, occupy, take possession of
3. (construed with عَلَى‎ (ʿalā)) to disclose to
4. to explain, expound
5. to prompt
6. to assist
7. to begin
8. to decide

   ‏فَتَحَ الْفَأْل‎ ― fataḥa l-faʾl ― to take as an omen

9. to mark (a consonant) with a fatha
10. to offer (a price)
11. to broach (a subject)

Conjugation

See also

• اِنْفَتَحَ‎ (infataḥa), تَفَتَّحَ‎ (tafattaḥa, “open”, intransitive)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “فتح”, in The Student’s Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fatħ/

Noun

فَتْح • (fatḥ) m (plural فُتُوح‎ (futūḥ) or فُتُوحَات‎ (futūḥāt))

1. verbal noun of فَتَحَ (fataḥa) (form I)
2. opening
3. (politics) Fatah (a reverse acronym)
4. disclosure, overture, beginning
5. conquest, victory, occupation of a fortified place
6. help
7. the vowel sign fatha

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “فتح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Egyptian Arabic

Verb

فتح • (fataħ) (perfect, imperfect يفتح‎ (yiftaħ), Verb form I)

1. to open (to make something accessible)

Conjugation

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح‎ (fatḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fæt̪h]

Noun

فتح • (fath)

1. victory
2. conquest

Synonyms

• پیروزی‎ (piruzi)
• گشایش‎ (gošâyeš)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح‎ (fatḥ).

Noun