بیکاری

Persian

Alternative forms

• بی‌کاری (bē-kārī)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Classical Persian اَبی (abē)

Persian بیـ (bē-)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-der.

Middle Persian [script needed] (kʾl /⁠kār⁠/)

Persian کار (kār)

Persian بیکار (bēkār)

Persian ی (ī)

Persian بیکاری

From بیکار (bēkār) + ی (ī).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /beː.ˈkaː.riː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰɑ́ː.ɾiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰɑ́ː.ɾiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰɑ́ː.ɾiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰɔ́ː.ɾi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.kʰɒ́ː.ɹiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.kʰɔ́.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -aːriː

Readings
Classical reading?	bēkārī
Dari reading?	bēkārī
Iranian reading?	bikâri
Tajik reading?	bekori

Noun

Dari	بی‌کاری
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бекорӣ

بیکاری • (bēkārī / bikâri) (Tajik spelling бекорӣ)

1. unemployment

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बेकारी (bekārī)

  Urdu: بیکَارِی (bekārī)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੇਕਾਰੀ (bekārī)

  Shahmukhi script: بیکَارِی (bekārī)