Kalmar Fatiha ta samo asali ne daga harshen Larabci kuma tana nufin surar farko ta al-Qur'ani, wadda ake daukarta a matsayin addu'ar bude baki ko kuma surar bude littafi mai tsarki. A Turanci kuma, an rubuta ta da "Al-Fatiha" ko "Suratul Fatiha". Ana iya fassara “Fatiha” a matsayin “budewa”, “farko”, “mabudewa”, ko “gabatarwa”.
