فقرا

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ).

Noun

فقرا (fuqarā) (plural only)

  1. plural of فقیر (fäqīr, poor)
  2. (collective) the poor
  3. (collective) common people

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)

  1. plural of فقیر (fakir, poor)
  2. (collective) the poor
    فقرا پرورfukara perverthe 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

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? fuqarā
Dari reading? fuqarā
Iranian reading? foġarâ
Tajik reading? fuqaro

Noun

فُقَرا • (foqarâ)

  1. 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

Noun

فُقْرَا • (fuqrām (feminine فُقْرِی, Gurmukhi spelling ਫ਼ੁਕਰਾ)

  1. beggar; a poor person
  2. (slang, derogatory) a useless or boastful person; braggart; show-off
  3. (slang, derogatory) a jobless person

Declension

Declension of فقرا
singular plural
direct فُقْرا (fuqrā) فُقْرے (fuqre)
oblique فُقْرے (fuqre) فُقْریْاں (fuqriyāṉ)
vocative فُقْریْا (fuqriyā) فُقْریو (fuqreyo)
ablative فُقْریوں (fuqreyoṉ) فُقْریْاں (fuqriyāṉ)
locative فُقْرِیں (fuqrīṉ)
instrumental فُقْرے (fuqre)