حقیر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَقِير (ḥaqīr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ha.ˈqiːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.qíːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qíːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qíɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.ʁíːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.qíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	haqīr
Dari reading^?	haqīr
Iranian reading^?	haġir
Tajik reading^?	haqir

Adjective

حقیر • (haqir)

mean, lowly, humble

Pronoun

حقیر • (haqir)

(formal, humble) your humble servant; humble and formal first-person pronoun.
Synonym: بنده (bande)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حقیر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim