# fathe

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The diacritical mark ـَ (-a) used in the Persian script to denote the short vowel sound a, analogically to Arabic fatha.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Persian فَتْحِه (fathe).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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