fatha

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Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”), instance noun of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”). Refers to the mouth position when pronouncing the /a/ vowel. Doublet of fathe, patach, and ptaha, denoting the open vowel in the Hebrew and Syriac scripts.

Alteration of father.

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَتْحَة (fatḥa) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Azerbaijani: fəthə — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Chinese Mandarin: 開口符 /开口符 (kāikǒufú) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Finnish: fatha — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• French: fatha — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• German: Fatha — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Hindi: ज़बर (zabar) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Hindi: फ़तहा (fathā) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Japanese: ファトハ (fatoha) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Kazakh: фатха (fatxa) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Korean: 파트하 (pateuha) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Central Kurdish: سەر (ser) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Northern Kurdish: fetha — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Malay: baris atas — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Malay: baris di atas — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Malay: fathah — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Pashto: فتحه (fatha) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Pashto: زور (zor) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Persian: فَتْحَه (fatha) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Persian: زَبَر (zabar) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Dari: فَتْحَه (fatha) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Dari: زَبَر (zabar) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Iranian Persian: فَتْحِه (fathe) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Iranian Persian: زِبَر (zebar) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Russian: фа́тха (fátxa) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Sundanese: jabar — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Tajik: фатҳа (fatha) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Tajik: забар (zabar) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Turkish: fetha — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Turkish: üstün — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Urdu: زَبَر (zabar) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Urdu: فَتْحَہ (fatha) — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Uzbek: fatha — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)
• Uzbek: zabar — in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a" (fatḥa)