فتكر

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Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܦܬܟܪܐ (pəṯaḵrā, idol, likeness), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (p-t-i-k-r /⁠patikara⁠/, sculpted image; likeness), something execrable in Christian circles, hence the meaning in Arabic.

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Noun

فِتَكْر or فُتَكْر or فِتْكَر or فِتْكِر (fitakr or futakr or fitkar or fitkirm (plural فِتَكْرُون (fitakrūn) or فُتَكْرُون (futakrūn) or فِتْكَرُون (fitkarūn) or فِتْكِرُون (fitkirūn))

  1. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) calamity, formidable thing, something nasty, misfortune
    Synonyms: داهِيَة (dāhiya), شِدَّة (šidda)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “فتكر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 313b
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 273–274
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “فتكر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2333
  • Rundgren, Frithiof (1963) “Ein iranischer Beamtenname im Aramäischen”, in Orientalia Suecana, volume 12, pages 90–91