فقیر

See also: فقير

Baluchi

Etymology

From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Noun

فقیر • (faqír)

1. beggar

See also

• پکیر (pakír)
• پنڈوک (pinďok)

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor, wretched”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani fağır, Bashkir бахыр (baxır), Kazakh пақыр (paqyr), Kyrgyz бакыр (bakır), Turkmen pahyr

Noun

فقیر • (faqīr) (plural فقرا (fuqarā), female equivalent فقیره (faqīra))

1. poor person, pauper, lack-all

   Synonyms: گدا (gädā), تنگ روسی (täng rūzī)

   Antonyms: بای (bay), غنی (ğanī)

2. a person worthy of pity: a pitiable person

   Synonym: مسکین (miskīn)

3. (Islam) faqir

Declension

This word generally uses the original Arabic plural فقرا, and thus the plural has not been included on this page currently. For the declension of the plural, please refer that page until further notice.

Declension of فقیر (faqīr)

	singular	plural
nominative	فقیر faqīr	— —
genitive	فقیرنینگ faqīrnıng	— —
definite accusative	فقیرنی faqīrnı	— —
dative	فقیرغە faqīrġa	— —
ablative	فقیردین faqīrdın	— —
locative	فقیردە faqīrda	— —

Adjective

فقیر • (faqīr) (comparative فقیرراق (faqīrraq), superlative اینک فقیر (eng faqīr))

1. poor, destitute, impoverished

   Synonyms: گدا (gädā), مفلس (müflis)

   Antonyms: بای (bay), غنی (ğanī)

2. poor, miserable, pitiable, wretched

   Synonyms: یارلی (yarli), مسکین (miskīn)

Derived terms

• فقیرانه (fäqīrānä, “wretchedly, poorly”)
• فقیرلیق (fäqīrliq, “poverty”)

Related terms

• فقر (fäqr, “poverty”)
• فقرا (fuqarā, “common people”)

Descendants

• Uyghur: پېقىر (pëqir)
• Uzbek: faqir

Further reading

• Schluessel, Eric (2018), “فقیر”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources‎^[1], Michigan Publishing, page 113
• Demir, Necati; Aydoğdu, Özkan (2015), Oğuzname [Kazan Nüshası]: inceleme - metin - dizin - tıpkıbasım [Oğuzname [Kazan Manuscript]: analysis - text - index - facsimile], Istanbul: Kesit Yayınları, page 227

Kohistani Shina

Noun

فقیر (faqīr)

1. beggar

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish فقیر (feqīr), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor, wretched”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani fağır, Bashkir бахыр (baxır), Kazakh пақыр (paqyr), Kyrgyz бакыр (bakır), Turkmen pahyr, Uyghur پېقىر (pëqir) and Uzbek faqir.

Adjective

فقیر • (fakir) (feminine فقیره (fakire))

1. poor, indigent, destitute, in need, with no or few possessions or money

   Synonyms: كدا (geda), یوقسول (yoksul)

2. poor, wretched, miserable, in a state of misery, worthy of commiseration

Noun

فقیر • (fakir) (definite accusative فقیری (fakiri), plural فقرا (fukara))

1. pauper, poor, indigent, lack-all, a person in need or in poverty, also the poor people of a society

   Synonym: درویش (derviş)

2. (Islam) fakir, faqir, a religious mendicant who owns no personal property and living solely off alms

Derived terms

• فقیرانه (fakirane, “poorly”)
• فقیرخانه (fakirhane, “my humble abode”)

Descendants

• Turkish: fakir

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “فقیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 423
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “fakir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1541
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “fakîr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 298
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “فقیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 907
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Pauper”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1255
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “فقیر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, columns 3537-3538
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fakir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “فقیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1392

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fa.ˈqiːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.qiːɾ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.ʁiːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.qiɾ]

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

Adjective

فقیر • (faqīr / faġir) (comparative فقیرتَر, superlative فقیرتَرین, Tajik spelling фақир)

1. poor

Noun

فقیر • (faqīr / faġir) (plural فقیران (faqīrān / faġirân), or فقیرها (faqīr-hā / faġir-hâ), or فقرا (fuqarā / foġarâ), Tajik spelling фақир)

1. poor person

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَقِیر (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 (faqīrõ)
vocative	فَقِیر (faqīr)	فَقِیرو (faqīro)

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, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “فقیر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.