فقير

See also: فقیر

Arabic

Root
ف ق ر (f q r)
8 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fa.qiːr/

Adjective

فَقِير • (faqīr) (feminine فَقِيرَة (faqīra), common plural فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), masculine plural فُقُر (fuqur), feminine plural فَقِيرَات (faqīrāt), elative أَفْقَر (ʔafqar))

penniless, poverty-stricken
Antonym: غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy)
wretched
in need [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘of’]
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:15:
  يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ
  O Mankind! It is you who are in dire need of God; but God is Free of all needs, the Most Worthy of all praise!

Declension

Declension of adjective **فَقِير** (faqīr)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	فَقِير faqīr	الْفَقِير al-faqīr	فَقِيرَة faqīra	الْفَقِيرَة al-faqīra
nominative	فَقِيرٌ faqīrun	الْفَقِيرُ al-faqīru	فَقِيرَةٌ faqīratun	الْفَقِيرَةُ al-faqīratu
accusative	فَقِيرًا faqīran	الْفَقِيرَ al-faqīra	فَقِيرَةً faqīratan	الْفَقِيرَةَ al-faqīrata
genitive	فَقِيرٍ faqīrin	الْفَقِيرِ al-faqīri	فَقِيرَةٍ faqīratin	الْفَقِيرَةِ al-faqīrati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	فَقِيرَيْن faqīrayn	الْفَقِيرَيْن al-faqīrayn	فَقِيرَتَيْن faqīratayn	الْفَقِيرَتَيْن al-faqīratayn
nominative	فَقِيرَانِ faqīrāni	الْفَقِيرَانِ al-faqīrāni	فَقِيرَتَانِ faqīratāni	الْفَقِيرَتَانِ al-faqīratāni
accusative	فَقِيرَيْنِ faqīrayni	الْفَقِيرَيْنِ al-faqīrayni	فَقِيرَتَيْنِ faqīratayni	الْفَقِيرَتَيْنِ al-faqīratayni
genitive	فَقِيرَيْنِ faqīrayni	الْفَقِيرَيْنِ al-faqīrayni	فَقِيرَتَيْنِ faqīratayni	الْفَقِيرَتَيْنِ al-faqīratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	فُقُر‎; فُقَرَاء fuqur‎; fuqarāʔ	الْفُقُر‎; الْفُقَرَاء al-fuqur‎; al-fuqarāʔ	فَقِيرَات‎; فُقَرَاء faqīrāt‎; fuqarāʔ	الْفَقِيرَات‎; الْفُقَرَاء al-faqīrāt‎; al-fuqarāʔ
nominative	فُقُرٌ‎; فُقَرَاءُ fuqurun‎; fuqarāʔu	الْفُقُرُ‎; الْفُقَرَاءُ al-fuquru‎; al-fuqarāʔu	فَقِيرَاتٌ‎; فُقَرَاءُ faqīrātun‎; fuqarāʔu	الْفَقِيرَاتُ‎; الْفُقَرَاءُ al-faqīrātu‎; al-fuqarāʔu
accusative	فُقُرًا‎; فُقَرَاءَ fuquran‎; fuqarāʔa	الْفُقُرَ‎; الْفُقَرَاءَ al-fuqura‎; al-fuqarāʔa	فَقِيرَاتٍ‎; فُقَرَاءَ faqīrātin‎; fuqarāʔa	الْفَقِيرَاتِ‎; الْفُقَرَاءَ al-faqīrāti‎; al-fuqarāʔa
genitive	فُقُرٍ‎; فُقَرَاءَ fuqurin‎; fuqarāʔa	الْفُقُرِ‎; الْفُقَرَاءِ al-fuquri‎; al-fuqarāʔi	فَقِيرَاتٍ‎; فُقَرَاءَ faqīrātin‎; fuqarāʔa	الْفَقِيرَاتِ‎; الْفُقَرَاءِ al-faqīrāti‎; al-fuqarāʔi

Descendants

Maltese: fqir
→ Bashkir: бахыр (baxır)
→ Chagatai: فقیر (fäqīr)
- Uyghur: پېقىر (pëqir)
- Uzbek: faqir
→ Dutch: fakir
→ English: fakir, faquir (obsolete), faqir, faquir, faqueer (dated)
→ Greek: φακίρης (fakíris)
→ French: fakir
→ Hausa: fàƙīr̃ī̀
→ Indonesian: fakir
→ Kazakh: пақыр (paqyr)
→ Kyrgyz: факир (fakir), бакыр (bakır)
→ Macedonian: факир (fakir)
→ Old Anatolian Turkish: فقیر (feqīr)
- Azerbaijani: fağır, fəqir
- Ottoman Turkish: فقیر (fakir)
  - Turkish: fakir, fakır
→ Persian: فقیر (faqir)
→ Polish: fakir
→ Russian: факи́р (fakír)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: фа̀кӣр
- Latin script: fàkīr
→ Southern Altai: бакыр (bakïr)
→ Spanish: faquir
→ Swahili: fukara
→ Sylheti: ꠚꠇꠤꠞ (fókir)
→ Turkmen: pahyr

Noun

فَقِير • (faqīr) m (plural فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ))

poor man, pauper
mendicant dervish, Sufi mendicant

Declension

Declension of noun **فَقِير** (faqīr)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَقِير faqīr	الْفَقِير al-faqīr	فَقِير faqīr
nominative	فَقِيرٌ faqīrun	الْفَقِيرُ al-faqīru	فَقِيرُ faqīru
accusative	فَقِيرًا faqīran	الْفَقِيرَ al-faqīra	فَقِيرَ faqīra
genitive	فَقِيرٍ faqīrin	الْفَقِيرِ al-faqīri	فَقِيرِ faqīri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَقِيرَيْن faqīrayn	الْفَقِيرَيْن al-faqīrayn	فَقِيرَيْ faqīray
nominative	فَقِيرَانِ faqīrāni	الْفَقِيرَانِ al-faqīrāni	فَقِيرَا faqīrā
accusative	فَقِيرَيْنِ faqīrayni	الْفَقِيرَيْنِ al-faqīrayni	فَقِيرَيْ faqīray
genitive	فَقِيرَيْنِ faqīrayni	الْفَقِيرَيْنِ al-faqīrayni	فَقِيرَيْ faqīray
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُقَرَاء fuqarāʔ	الْفُقَرَاء al-fuqarāʔ	فُقَرَاء fuqarāʔ
nominative	فُقَرَاءُ fuqarāʔu	الْفُقَرَاءُ al-fuqarāʔu	فُقَرَاءُ fuqarāʔu
accusative	فُقَرَاءَ fuqarāʔa	الْفُقَرَاءَ al-fuqarāʔa	فُقَرَاءَ fuqarāʔa
genitive	فُقَرَاءَ fuqarāʔa	الْفُقَرَاءِ al-fuqarāʔi	فُقَرَاءِ fuqarāʔi

Descendants

→ Swahili: fukara (from the plural فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ))

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “فقر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ف ق ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fa.ɡiːr/

Adjective

فقير • (fagīr) (feminine فقيرة (fagīra))

poor
Antonym: غني (ḡani)