فقیر

See also: فقير

Baluchi

Etymology

From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Noun

فقیر • (faqír)

  1. beggar

See also

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor, wretched”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani fağır, Bashkir бахыр (baxır), Kazakh пақыр (paqyr), Kyrgyz бакыр (bakır), Turkmen pahyr

Noun

فقیر (fäqīr) (plural فقرا (fuqärā), female equivalent فقیره (fäqīrä))

  1. poor person, pauper, lack-all
    Synonyms: گدا (gädā), تنگ روسی (täng rūzī)
    Antonyms: بای (bay), غنی (ğanī)
  2. a person worthy of pity: a pitiable person
    Synonym: مسکین (miskīn)
  3. (Islam) faqir

Adjective

فقیر (fäqīr) (comparative فقیرراق (fäqīrraq), superlative اینک فقیر (eŋ fäqīr))

  1. poor, destitute, impoverished
    Synonyms: گدا (gädā), مفلس (müflis)
    Antonyms: بای (bay), غنی (ğanī)
  2. poor, miserable, pitiable, wretched
    Synonyms: یارلی (yarli), مسکین (miskīn)

Derived terms

  • فقیرانه (fäqīrānä, “wretchedly, poorly”)
  • فقیرلیق (fäqīrliq, “poverty”)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: پېقىر (pëqir)
  • Uzbek: faqir

Further reading

  • Schluessel, Eric (2018) “فقیر”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources‎[1], Michigan Publishing, page 113
  • Demir, Necati, Aydoğdu, Özkan (2015) Oğuzname [Kazan Nüshası]: inceleme - metin - dizin - tıpkıbasım [Oğuzname [Kazan Manuscript]: analysis - text - index - facsimile], Istanbul: Kesit Yayınları, page 227

Kohistani Shina

Noun

فقیر (faqīr)

  1. beggar

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish فقیر (feqīr), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor, wretched”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani fağır, Bashkir бахыр (baxır), Kazakh пақыр (paqyr), Kyrgyz бакыр (bakır), Turkmen pahyr, Uyghur پېقىر (pëqir) and Uzbek faqir.

Adjective

فقیر • (fakir) (comparative دخی فقیر (dahı fakir), superlative اك فقیر (eñ fakir))

  1. poor, indigent, destitute, in need, with no or few possessions or money
    Synonyms: كدا (geda), یوقسول (yoksul)
  2. poor, wretched, miserable, in a state of misery, worthy of commiseration

Noun

فقیر • (fakir) (definite accusative فقیری (fakiri), plural فقرا (fukara))

  1. pauper, poor, indigent, lack-all, a person in need or in poverty, also the poor people of a society
    Near-synonym: فقرا (fukara)
  2. (Islam) fakir, faqir, a religious mendicant who owns no personal property and living solely off alms

Derived terms

  • فقیرانه (fakirane, “poorly”)
  • فقیرخانه (fakirhane, “my humble abode”)

Descendants

Further reading

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? faqīr
Dari reading? faqīr
Iranian reading? faġir
Tajik reading? faqir

Adjective

فقیر • (faqīr / faġir) (comparative فقیرتَر, superlative فقیرتَرین, Tajik spelling фақир)

  1. poor

Noun

فقیر • (faqīr / faġir) (plural فقیران (faqīrān / faġirân), or فقیرها (faqīr-hā / faġir-hâ), or فقرا (fuqarā / foġarâ), Tajik spelling фақир)

  1. poor person

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَقِیر (faqīr), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fə.qiːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɾ
  • Hyphenation: فَ‧قِیر

Noun

فَقِیر • (faqīr) m (Hindi spelling फ़क़ीर)

  1. a beggar, needy
  2. (Sufism) dervish
  3. (figuratively) a lover

Declension

Declension of فقیر
singular plural
direct فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیر (faqīr)
oblique فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیروں (faqīrõ)
vocative فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیرو (faqīro)

Further reading

  • “فقیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “فقیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فقیر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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