fukara

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, poor man, pauper). Doublet of fakir.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /fuˈkara/ [fuˈka.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: fu‧ka‧ra

Noun

fukara (plural fukara-fukara)

  1. poor
    Fukara tak punya apa apaThe poor have nothing

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فقرا (fukara), from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, poor man, pauper). Compare fàkīr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fukǎra/
  • Hyphenation: fu‧ka‧ra

Noun

fukàra f (Cyrillic spelling фука̀ра)

  1. (regional, uncountable, collectively) the poor and pathetic
Declension
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:fukara.
Derived terms
  • fukàrluk

Etymology 2

From fȕkati (to fuck).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fûkara/
  • Hyphenation: fu‧ka‧ra

Noun

fȕkara f (Cyrillic spelling фу̏кара)

  1. (regional, vulgar, colloquial) the act of fucking
  2. (regional, vulgar, colloquial) a whore
Declension
Declension of fukara
singular plural
nominative fukara fukare
genitive fukare fukara
dative fukari fukarama
accusative fukaru fukare
vocative fukaro fukare
locative fukari fukarama
instrumental fukarom fukarama

References

  • fukara”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 285

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, poor man, pauper).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

fukara class V (plural mafukara class VI)

  1. pauper, beggar
    Synonym: fakiri

Derived terms

Adjective

fukara (invariable)

  1. poor, destitute

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236 Nr. 2172

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فقرا, from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, poor man, pauper).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu.kaˈɾaː/
  • Hyphenation: fu‧ka‧ra

Noun

fukara (definite accusative fukarayı, plural fukaralar)

  1. (archaic) Arabic plural of fakir; the poor.
  2. poor, pauper
  3. faqir

Declension

Declension of fukara
singular plural
nominative fukara fukaralar
definite accusative fukarayı fukaraları
dative fukaraya fukaralara
locative fukarada fukaralarda
ablative fukaradan fukaralardan
genitive fukaranın fukaraların

Adjective

fukara

  1. poor, pauper (not rich)
    Synonyms: fakir, yoksul
    Antonyms: gani, zengin, varlıklı, varsıl
  2. poor, pitiable (to be pitied)
    Synonyms: düşkün, zavallı

Derived terms

Further reading