فقير

See also: فقیر

Arabic

Root
ف ق ر (f q r)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.qiːr/
• Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective

فَقِير • (faqīr) (feminine فَقِيرَة (faqīra), masculine plural فَقِيرُون (faqīrūn) or فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ) or فُقُر (fuqur), feminine plural فَقِيرَات (faqīrāt), elative أَفْقَر (ʔafqar))

1. penniless, poverty-stricken

   Antonyms: غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy), ثَرِيّ (ṯariyy)

2. wretched
3. in need [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘of’]
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:15:

     يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ

     O Mankind! It is you who are in dire need of God; but God is Free of all needs, the Most Worthy of all praise!

Declension

Declension of adjective فَقِير (faqīr)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	فَقِير faqīr	الْفَقِير al-faqīr	فَقِيرَة faqīra	الْفَقِيرَة al-faqīra
nominative	فَقِيرٌ faqīrun	الْفَقِيرُ al-faqīru	فَقِيرَةٌ faqīratun	الْفَقِيرَةُ al-faqīratu
accusative	فَقِيرًا faqīran	الْفَقِيرَ al-faqīra	فَقِيرَةً faqīratan	الْفَقِيرَةَ al-faqīrata
genitive	فَقِيرٍ faqīrin	الْفَقِيرِ al-faqīri	فَقِيرَةٍ faqīratin	الْفَقِيرَةِ al-faqīrati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	فَقِيرَيْن faqīrayn	الْفَقِيرَيْن al-faqīrayn	فَقِيرَتَيْن faqīratayn	الْفَقِيرَتَيْن al-faqīratayn
nominative	فَقِيرَانِ faqīrāni	الْفَقِيرَانِ al-faqīrāni	فَقِيرَتَانِ faqīratāni	الْفَقِيرَتَانِ al-faqīratāni
accusative	فَقِيرَيْنِ faqīrayni	الْفَقِيرَيْنِ al-faqīrayni	فَقِيرَتَيْنِ faqīratayni	الْفَقِيرَتَيْنِ al-faqīratayni
genitive	فَقِيرَيْنِ faqīrayni	الْفَقِيرَيْنِ al-faqīrayni	فَقِيرَتَيْنِ faqīratayni	الْفَقِيرَتَيْنِ al-faqīratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	فَقِيرِين‎; فُقَرَاء‎; فُقُر faqīrīn‎; fuqarāʔ‎; fuqur	الْفَقِيرِين‎; الْفُقَرَاء‎; الْفُقُر al-faqīrīn‎; al-fuqarāʔ‎; al-fuqur	فَقِيرَات faqīrāt	الْفَقِيرَات al-faqīrāt
nominative	فَقِيرُونَ‎; فُقَرَاءُ‎; فُقُرٌ faqīrūna‎; fuqarāʔu‎; fuqurun	الْفَقِيرُونَ‎; الْفُقَرَاءُ‎; الْفُقُرُ al-faqīrūna‎; al-fuqarāʔu‎; al-fuquru	فَقِيرَاتٌ faqīrātun	الْفَقِيرَاتُ al-faqīrātu
accusative	فَقِيرِينَ‎; فُقَرَاءَ‎; فُقُرًا faqīrīna‎; fuqarāʔa‎; fuquran	الْفَقِيرِينَ‎; الْفُقَرَاءَ‎; الْفُقُرَ al-faqīrīna‎; al-fuqarāʔa‎; al-fuqura	فَقِيرَاتٍ faqīrātin	الْفَقِيرَاتِ al-faqīrāti
genitive	فَقِيرِينَ‎; فُقَرَاءَ‎; فُقُرٍ faqīrīna‎; fuqarāʔa‎; fuqurin	الْفَقِيرِينَ‎; الْفُقَرَاءِ‎; الْفُقُرِ al-faqīrīna‎; al-fuqarāʔi‎; al-fuquri	فَقِيرَاتٍ faqīrātin	الْفَقِيرَاتِ al-faqīrāti

Descendants

• Maltese: fqir
• → Bashkir: бахыр (baxır)
• → Chagatai: فقیر (fäqīr)
  • Uyghur: پېقىر (pëqir)
  • Uzbek: faqir
• → Dutch: fakir
• → English: fakir, fakeer, faqir, faqueer, faquir (obsolete)
• → Greek: φακίρης (fakíris)
• → French: fakir
• → Hausa: fàƙīr̃ī̀
• → Indonesian: fakir
• → Kazakh: пақыр (paqır)
• → Kyrgyz: факир (fakir), бакыр (bakır)
• → Macedonian: факир (fakir)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: فقیر (feqīr)
  • Azerbaijani: fağır, fəqir
  • Ottoman Turkish: فقیر (fakir)
    • Turkish: fakir, fakır
• → Persian: فقیر (faqir)
• → Polish: fakir
• → Russian: факи́р (fakír)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: фа̀кӣр
  • Latin script: fàkīr
• → Southern Altai: бакыр (bakïr)
• → Spanish: faquir
• → Swahili: fukara
• → Sylheti: ꠚꠇꠤꠞ (fókir)
• → Turkmen: pahyr

(via plural form فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ))

• → Kyrgyz: букара (bukara)
• → Indonesian: fukara
• → Persian: فقرا
  • → Punjabi: ਫ਼ੁਕਰਾ (fukrā)
  • → Hindi: फ़ुकरा (fukrā)
  • Urdu: فقرا
• → Ottoman Turkish: فقرا
  • Turkish: fukara
  • → Armenian: ֆուխարէ / ֆուխարե (fuxarē), ֆուկարա (fukara), ֆուխարա (fuxara)
  • → Aromanian: fucãrã, fucãre
  • → Bulgarian: фукара (fukara)
  • → Greek: φουκαράς (foukarás)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: фукара
• → Chagatai: فقرا (fuqarā)
  • Uyghur: پۇقرا (puqra)
  • Uzbek: fuqaro
• → Swahili: fukara

Noun

فَقِير • (faqīr) m (plural فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ))

1. poor man, pauper
2. mendicant dervish, Sufi mendicant

Declension

Declension of noun فَقِير (faqīr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَقِير faqīr	الْفَقِير al-faqīr	فَقِير faqīr
nominative	فَقِيرٌ faqīrun	الْفَقِيرُ al-faqīru	فَقِيرُ faqīru
accusative	فَقِيرًا faqīran	الْفَقِيرَ al-faqīra	فَقِيرَ faqīra
genitive	فَقِيرٍ faqīrin	الْفَقِيرِ al-faqīri	فَقِيرِ faqīri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَقِيرَيْن faqīrayn	الْفَقِيرَيْن al-faqīrayn	فَقِيرَيْ faqīray
nominative	فَقِيرَانِ faqīrāni	الْفَقِيرَانِ al-faqīrāni	فَقِيرَا faqīrā
accusative	فَقِيرَيْنِ faqīrayni	الْفَقِيرَيْنِ al-faqīrayni	فَقِيرَيْ faqīray
genitive	فَقِيرَيْنِ faqīrayni	الْفَقِيرَيْنِ al-faqīrayni	فَقِيرَيْ faqīray
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُقَرَاء fuqarāʔ	الْفُقَرَاء al-fuqarāʔ	فُقَرَاء fuqarāʔ
nominative	فُقَرَاءُ fuqarāʔu	الْفُقَرَاءُ al-fuqarāʔu	فُقَرَاءُ fuqarāʔu
accusative	فُقَرَاءَ fuqarāʔa	الْفُقَرَاءَ al-fuqarāʔa	فُقَرَاءَ fuqarāʔa
genitive	فُقَرَاءَ fuqarāʔa	الْفُقَرَاءِ al-fuqarāʔi	فُقَرَاءِ fuqarāʔi

Descendants

• → Swahili: fukara (from the plural فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ))

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “فقر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ف ق ر
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ɡiːr/

Adjective

فقير • (fagīr) (feminine فقيرة (fagīra))

1. poor

   Antonym: غني (ḡani)

North Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ن ي
2 terms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈʔiːr/

Adjective

فقير • (faʔīr) (feminine فقيرة (faʔīra))

1. poor

   Antonym: غني (ḡani)