fatha

See also: fatHa, fatḥa, and faþa

English

A fatḥa

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 patach and ptaha, denoting the open vowel in the Hebrew and Syriac scripts.

Examples
دَ (da): /da/. دَا (dā) or دَى (dā): /daː/

fatha (plural fathas)

In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (‎أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (‎أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.
The vowel designated by this mark.

in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a"

Arabic: فَتْحَة f (fatḥa)
Azerbaijani: fəthə
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開口符／开口符 (kāikǒufú)
Finnish: fatha
French: fatha (fr) m or f
German: Fatha n
Japanese: ファトハ (fatoha)
Kazakh: фатха (fatxa)
Korean: 파트하 (pateuha)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سەر (ckb) (ser)

Northern Kurdish: fetha (ku)
Malay: baris di atas, fathah
Pashto: فتحه (ps) f (fatha), زور (ps) m (zor)
Persian:
- Classical Persian: فَتْحَه (fa) (fatha), زَبَر (fa) (zabar)
- Iranian Persian: فتحه (fa) (fathe), زبر (fa) (zebar)
Russian: фа́тха f (fátxa)
Tajik: фатҳа (fatha), забар (zabar)
Turkish: fetha (tr), üstün (tr)
Urdu: زبر (zabar), فتحہ (fatha)
Uzbek: fatha (uz), zabar (uz)

Alteration of father.

fatha (plural fathas)

fatha m or f (plural fathas)

From yr (“the”) +‎ un (“one”) +‎ fath (“kind”) +‎ â (“as”).

fatha

(North Wales, colloquial) like
Synonym: fel

Dw i fatha bechdan heddiw. ― I'm good for nothing today. (literally, "I'm like a sandwich today.")

fatha