بیکار

See also: پیکار

Persian

Alternative forms

بی‌کار (bi-kâr), بی کار (bikâr)

Etymology

From (bi-, “without”) +‎ (kâr, “work, occupation, things to do”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /beː.ˈkaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.kʰɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.kʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bēkār
Dari reading^?	bēkār
Iranian reading^?	bikâr
Tajik reading^?	bekor

Audio (Iran): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːr

Adjective


Iranian Persian	بیکار
Dari	بیکار
Tajik	бекор

بیکار • (bikâr)

unemployed, jobless
(somewhat derogatory) idle, inactive

Noun


Iranian Persian	بیکار
Dari	بیکار
Tajik	бекор

بیکار • (bikâr) (plural بیکاران)

an unemployed person

Derived terms

بیکاره (bikâre)
بیکاری (bikâri)

Descendants

→ Armenian: բեքար (bekʻar)
→ Bengali: বেকার (bekar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: बेकार (bekār)

Urdu: بے کار (be-kār)
→ Kazakh: бекер (beker)
→ Ottoman Turkish: بیكار (bekâr)
- → Albanian: beqar, bekar — Gheg
- → Aromanian: bichear
- → Bulgarian: бекя́р (bekjár), бекя́рин (bekjárin)
- → Greek: μπεκιάρης (bekiáris)
- → Hungarian: betyár
  - → Czech: beťar
  - → Polish: baciar, batiar, baciarz
  - → Slovak: beťar
  - → Ukrainian: батя́р (batjár), ба́цяр (bácjar), бе́тяр (bétjar)
- → Romanian: becher
- → Macedonian: беќар (beḱar)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бећар
  
  Latin script: bećar
→ Punjabi: ਬੇਕਾਰ (bekār)