بی‌چاره

Persian

Alternative forms

• بی چاره (with space), بچاره (colloquial pronunciation), بیچاره (no ZWNJ)

Etymology

From بی‌ـ (bê-, “without”) +‎ چاره (čâre, “remedy, cure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː.t͡ʃɑː.ɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.t͡ʃʰɔː.ɾä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.t͡ʃʰɒː.ɹe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.t͡ʃʰɔ.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading?	bē-čāra
Dari reading?	bē-čāra
Iranian reading?	bi-čâre
Tajik reading?	be-čora

Adjective

بی‌چاره • (bê-čâre)

1. helpless, poor
2. pathetic

Noun

بی‌چاره • (bê-čâre) (plural بی‌چارگان (bê-čâregân))

1. a poor, helpless or pathetic person

Derived terms

• بی‌چارگی (bê-čâregi)

Descendants

• → Assamese: বেচেৰা (besera)
• → Bengali: বেচারা (becara)
• → Gujarati: બિચારું (bicārũ)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बेचारा (becārā), बिचारा (bicārā)

  Urdu: بے چارَہ (be cāra), بِچارَہ (bicāra)

• → Marathi: बिचारे (bicāre)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بیچاره
  • Turkish: biçare
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵਿਚਾਰਾ (vicārā)

  Shahmukhi script: وِچارا (vicārā)