ফকির

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /fokiɾ/, [ˈfokiɾ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /fokiɹ/, [ˈfokiɹ]
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Noun

ফকির • (phokir) (feminine ফকিন্নি (phokinni))

  1. beggar
  2. (Islam) faqir

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative ফকির (phokir)
objective ফকিরকে (phokir (semantically general or indefinite) / phokirke (semantically definite))
genitive ফকিরের (phokirer)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ফকিরটা, ফকিরটি (phokirṭa (colloquial), phokirṭi (formal)) ফকিরেরা (phokirera)
objective ফকিরটাকে, ফকিরটিকে (phokirṭake (colloquial), phokirṭike (formal)) ফকিরদের(কে) (phokirder(ke))
genitive ফকিরটার, ফকিরটির (phokirṭar (colloquial), phokirṭir (formal)) ফকিরদের (phokirder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).