فقیر

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See also: فقير

Baluchi

Etymology

From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Noun

فقیر • (faqír)

  1. beggar

See also

Kohistani Shina

Noun

فقیر (faqīr)

  1. beggar

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? faqīr
Dari reading? faqīr
Iranian reading? fağir
Tajik reading? faqir

Adjective

Dari فقیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik фақир

فَقیر • (faqir) (comparative فَقیرتَر (faqir-tar), superlative فَقیرتَرین (faqir-tarin))

  1. poor

Noun

فَقیر • (faqir) (plural فَقیران or فَقیرها or فُقَرا (foqarâ))

  1. poor person

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَقیر (faqīr), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

فَقِیر • (faqīr) m (Hindi spelling फ़क़ीर)

  1. a beggar, needy
  2. (Sufism) dervish
  3. (figuratively) a lover

Declension

    Declension of فقیر
singular plural
direct فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیر (faqīr)
oblique فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیروں (faqīrõ)
vocative فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیرو (faqīro)

Further reading

  • “فقیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “فقیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فقیر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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