"Fatah" meaning in English

See Fatah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ), a reverse acronym (meaning literally "conquest, victory or an outcome") for حَرَكَة اَلتَّحْرِير اَلْوَطَنِيّ اَلْفِلَسْطِينِيّ (ḥaraka(t) at-taḥrīr al-waṭaniyy al-filasṭīniyy, “Palestinian National Liberation Movement”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|فَتْح}} Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Fatah
  1. A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Wikidata QID: Q178888 Translations (Fatah): فَتْح (fatḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), حَرَكَة فَتْح (ḥarakat fatḥ) [feminine] (Arabic), فَتح (fateḥ) [South-Levantine-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), حَرَكة فَتح (ḥaraket fateḥ) [South-Levantine-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), Фатах (Fatah) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 法塔赫 (Fǎtǎhè) (Chinese Mandarin), Fatah [masculine] (French), Fatah [feminine] (German), פת״ח (Hebrew), फ़तह (fatah) (Hindi), ファタハ (Fataha) (Japanese), 파타 (pata) (Korean), فتح (Persian), Fatah [masculine] (Portuguese), ФАТХ (FATX) [masculine] (Russian), Фата́х (Fatáx) [masculine] (Russian), Fatah [masculine] (Spanish), El Fetih (Turkish)
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