फ़िक्र
Hindi
Alternative forms
- फ़िकर (fikar)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فکر (fikr), from Arabic فِكْر (fikr). First attested as Old Hindi फिकरि (phikari). Compare Bengali ফিকির (phikir), Gujarati ફિકર (phikar), Marathi फिकीर (phikīr), Punjabi ਫ਼ਿਕਰ (fikar).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /fɪk.ɾᵊ/, /pʰɪk.ɾᵊ/, /fɪkɾ/, /pʰɪkɾ/, /fɪ.kəɾ/, [fɪ.kɐɾ], /pʰɪ.kəɾ/, [pʰɪ.kɐɾ]
Noun
फ़िक्र • (fikr) f (Urdu spelling فِکْر)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | फ़िक्र fikra |
फ़िक्रें fikrẽ |
| oblique | फ़िक्र fikra |
फ़िक्रों fikrõ |
| vocative | फ़िक्र fikra |
फ़िक्रो fikro |
Derived terms
- फ़िक्र करना (fikr karnā)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “fikara”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press