فقیر

See also: فقير

Baluchi

Etymology

From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Noun

فقیر • (faqír)

1. beggar

See also

• پکیر (pakír)
• پنڈوک (pinďok)

Kohistani Shina

Noun

فقیر (faqīr)

1. beggar

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fa.qiːɾ]

 

• (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?	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.