فکر
See also: فكر
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈfikɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɪkɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fekʲɹ]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [fekʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fikɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fikr |
| Dari reading? | fikr |
| Iranian reading? | fekr |
| Tajik reading? | fikr |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
| Dari | فکر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | фикр |
فکر • (fekr) (plural افکار (afkâr), or فکرها (fekr-hâ))
Related terms
- فکری (fekri)
- فکر کردن (fekr kardan)
Descendants
- Dari: فِکْر (fikr)
- Iranian Persian: فِکْر (fekr)
- Tajik: фикр (fikr)
- → Bengali: ফিকির (fikir)
- → Gujarati: ફિકર (phikar)
- → Old Hindi: फिकरि (phikari)
- → Marathi: फिकीर (phikīr)
- → Punjabi:
- → Sindhi:
- Arabic script: فِڪرُ
- Devanagari script: फ़िकिरु
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فِکْر (fikr), from Arabic فِكْر (fikr). First attested as Old Hindi फिकरि (phikari).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɪkɾ/
Noun
فِکْر • (fikr) f (Hindi spelling फ़िक्र)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | فِکْر (fikr) | فِکْریں (fikrẽ) |
| oblique | فِکْر (fikr) | فِکْروں (fikrõ) |
| vocative | فِکْر (fikr) | فِکْرو (fikro) |
Further reading
- “فکر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “فِکْر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فکر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “فکر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.