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Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فکر (fikr), from Arabic فِكْر (fikr). Cognate with Bengali ফিকির (phikir), Gujarati ફિકર (phikar), Hindi फ़िक्र (fikr), Punjabi ਫ਼ਿਕਰ (fikar) / فِکر (fikr).
Noun
फिकीर • (phikīr) f
- anxiety, worry
- Synonyms: काळजी (kāḷjī), चिंता (cintā)
Derived terms
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “फिकीर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फिकर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “फिकर,_फिकीर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).