فقرا
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ).
Noun
فقرا (fuqarā) (plural only)
Descendants
- Uzbek: fuqaro
Further reading
- Schluessel, Eric (2018) “فقرا”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources[1], Michigan Publishing, page 228
- Demir, Necati, Aydoğdu, Özkan (2015) Oğuzname [Kazan Nüshası]: inceleme - metin - dizin - tıpkıbasım [Oğuzname [Kazan Manuscript]: analysis - text - index - facsimile], Istanbul: Kesit Yayınları, page 230
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ).
Noun
فقرا • (fukara) (plural only)
- plural of فقیر (fakir, “poor”)
- (collective) the poor
- فقرا پرور ― fukara perver ― the protector of the poor
Derived terms
- فقرالق (fukaralık, “poverty”)
Derived terms
- Turkish: fukara
- → Armenian: ֆուխարէ / ֆուխարե (fuxarē), ֆուկարա (fukara)
- → Aromanian: fucãrã, fucãre
- → Bulgarian: фукара (fukara)
- → Greek: φουκαράς (foukarás)
- → Serbo-Croatian: фукара
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فقرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1392
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فقرا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 906
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /fu.qa.ˈɾaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fʊ.qä.ɾɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fo.ʁæ.ɹɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fu.qä.ɾɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fuqarā |
| Dari reading? | fuqarā |
| Iranian reading? | foġarâ |
| Tajik reading? | fuqaro |
Noun
فُقَرا • (foqarâ)
- plural of فقیر (faqir, “poor person”)
- Synonym: فقیرها (faqir-hâ)
Punjabi
Etymology
Corrupted from Classical Persian فقیر (faqīr), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr). Doublet of فَقِیر (faqīr).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: fukărā IPA(key): /fʊkə̆.ɾäː/
- Rhymes: -äː, -ɾäː
Noun
فُقْرَا • (fuqrā) m (feminine فُقْرِی, Gurmukhi spelling ਫ਼ੁਕਰਾ)
- beggar; a poor person
- (slang, derogatory) a useless or boastful person; braggart; show-off
- (slang, derogatory) a jobless person