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Al Fatah
[ ahl fah-tah ]
noun
- a guerrilla group within the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Al Fatah
/ æl ˈfætə /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Al Fatah1
First recorded in 1965–70; from Arabic al “the” + acronym in reverse alphabetical order from the name of the organization Ḥ(arakat) T(aḥrīr) F(ilastīn) “Movement for the Liberation of Palestine,” with play on fataḥ “to conquer”
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