فتاح

Arabic

Etymology

Occupational noun from the root ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ), associated with فَتَحَ (fataḥa, to open, conquer).

Noun

فَتَّاح (fattāḥ) m

  1. (Islam) opener (of the gates of profit and sustenance: an attribute of God)
  2. conqueror

Declension

Derived terms

  • فَتَّاح الْفَأْل (fattāḥ al-faʾl)
  • عَبْد الْفَتَّاح (ʿabd al-fattāḥ)

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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