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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فقرا (fukara), from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”). Compare фа̀кӣр.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fukǎra/
- Hyphenation: фу‧ка‧ра
Noun
фука̀ра f (Latin spelling fukàra)
- (regional, uncountable, collectively) the poor and pathetic
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Etymology 2
From фу̏кати (“to fuck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fûkara/
- Hyphenation: фу‧ка‧ра
Noun
фу̏кара f (Latin spelling fȕkara)
- (regional, vulgar, colloquial) the act of fucking
- (regional, vulgar, colloquial) a whore
Declension
References
- “фукара”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 285