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فتح

Pronunciation: /fa.ta.ħa/

“فتح” is an Arabic word. Its 19 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to open (“to make something accessible”)
  2. to conquer, occupy, take possession of
  3. to disclose to
  4. to explain, expound
  5. to prompt
  6. to assist
  7. to begin
  8. to decide
  9. to mark (a consonant) with a fatha
  10. to offer (a price)
  11. to broach (a subject)
  12. to open in large numbers or thoroughly
  13. to brighten (of a color); to make fairer, to lighten (of skin complexion)

noun

  1. opening
  2. disclosure, overture, beginning
  3. conquest, victory, an outcome; occupation of a fortified place, opening of an enemy's defenses
  4. help
  5. the vowel sign fatha

proper noun

  1. Fatah (a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO))

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *pataḥ-.

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