Boy · Arabic · Muslim
Fateen
فطینSay it fa-TEEN
- Meaning today
- Intelligent, clever
- Original meaning
- "intelligent, understanding, sagacious, skilful" Lane, p. 2418
- Say it
- fa-TEEN
- Written
- فطین
- Other spellings
- Fatheen
Fateen
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Fateen meaning
Fateen (فطین) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
Intelligent, understanding, sagacious, skilful
Also used to mean: clever
Fateen (فطین) is Arabic faṭīn, one of several equivalent adjectives from the root f-ṭ-n listed together in Lane's lexicon. Lane defines them as intelligent, understanding, knowing, sagacious or skilful, and explains that the word describes a person in whom fiṭna, sharpness of mind, has become a settled quality. Name lists give "intelligent" or "clever", matching the dictionary. The name should not be confused with Fatin (فاتن), "charming", which is spelled with a different t and comes from another root.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 6, p. 2418 · entry faṭin, faṭīn (فَطِنٌ، فَطِينٌ), root f-ṭ-n · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, faṭin (فَطِنٌ), Book I p. 2418 · Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, faṭīn (فَطِينٌ), Book I p. 2418 · Steingass, faṭīn, p. 933
Spellings
Fateen · Fatheen