biçare

Borrowed from Persian بیچاره (bêčâre). Equivalent to bi- +‎ çare.

• Hyphenation: bi‧ça‧re

biçare

1. poor (worthy of pity)

biçare

1. poor thing, poor devil

• “biçare”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بیچاره (biçare), from Old Anatolian Turkish بی‌چاره (bī-çāre), from Persian بیچاره (bêčâre). Equivalent to bi- +‎ çare

• IPA^(key): (standard) /biːt͡ʃaːˈɾe/, [biː.t͡ʃɑːˈɾ̞ɛ]
• IPA^(key): (informal) /bit͡ʃaːˈɾe/, [bi.t͡ʃɑːˈɾ̞ɛ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ça‧re

biçare

1. wretched, helpless, hopeless

   Synonyms: çaresiz, perişan, sefil

   Biçare, adam gitmiş varını yoğunu satmış

   Wretched, the man went on to sell whatever he had

2. poor, unfortunate, deserving to see pity upon

   Synonyms: zavallı, naçizane, çorak

   Şu biçare günahkâra yardım etmeyecek misiniz?

   Won't you help this poor sinner?

• “biçare”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “biçare”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “biçare”, in Nişanyan Sözlük