فقیر

See also: فقير

Baluchi

Etymology

From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Noun

فقیر • (faqír)

  1. beggar

See also

Kohistani Shina

Noun

فقیر (faqīr)

  1. beggar

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fä.qiːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fä.qiːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fä.qiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? faqīr
Dari reading? faqīr
Iranian reading? fağir
Tajik reading? faqir

Adjective
Dari فقیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik фақир

فَقیر • (faqir) (comparative فَقیرتَر (faqir-tar), superlative فَقیرتَرین (faqir-tarin))

  1. poor

Noun

فَقیر • (faqir) (plural فَقیران or فَقیرها or فُقَرا (foqarâ))

  1. poor person

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fə.qiːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɾ
  • Hyphenation: فَ‧قِیر

Noun

فَقِیر • (faqīr) m (Hindi spelling फ़क़ीर)

  1. a beggar, needy
  2. (Sufism) dervish
  3. (figuratively) a lover

Declension
Declension of فقیر
singular plural
direct فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیر (faqīr)
oblique فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیروں (faqīrō̃)
vocative فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیرو (faqīrō)

Further reading
  • “فقیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “فقیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فقیر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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