Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) to open ‎(“to make something accessible”)
   • 2003, Alaa Al Aswaany, The Yacoubian building, Maktaba Madbouly, chapter 2:

     فَتَحَ زَكِي عَيْنَيْهُ

     fataḥa zakī ʿaynayhu

     Zaki opened his eyes.

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

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

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

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

Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

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

1. to open (to make something accessible)

Conjugation

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح ‎(fatḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fæt̪h]

Noun

فتح • ‎(fath)

1. victory
2. conquest

Synonyms

• پیروزی ‎(piruzi)
• گشایش ‎(gošâyeš)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح ‎(fatḥ).

Noun

فتح • ‎(fath) ?

1. victory
2. conquest