فاتحہ

fātiḥa (for A. فاتحة fātiḥat, fr. fātiḥ, q.v.), s.f. Commencement, first part (of a thing); exordium;—the opening chapter, or exordium, of the Qorān (so called because the recitation in prayer is commenced therewith); prayers for the dead; prayers offered up in the name of saints, etc.; oblations and offerings to saints, etc.:—fātiḥapaṛhnā(-kī), To repeat the fātiḥa (over), to repeat prayers for the dead;—to give (a thing) up as lost (e.g. māl-kīab fātiḥapaṛho); to be disappointed or despondent:—fātiḥa-ḵẖair, s.f. A prayer for good or for blessings; a marriage-prayer; marriage; blessings on the dead:—fātiḥadilānā(-ke nām), To cause blessings to be invoked (upon a deceased relative; this is done by having the opening chapter of the Qorān read over the deceased for forty days after his death, and distributing alms and food):—fātiḥadenā(-ke nām), To invoke blessings (on a deceased relative; see fātiḥadilānā); to make offerings to saints with prayers.