فكر

See also: فکر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ف ك ر (f-k-r).

Verb

1. (construed with فِي (fī)) to think, ponder over

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فكر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Causative and/or intensive of فَكَرَ (fakara, “to think”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

فَكَّرَ • (fakkara) II (non-past يُفَكِّرُ (yufakkiru), verbal noun تَفْكِير (tafkīr))

1. to reflect, to meditate, to contemplate
2. to consider
3. to think
4. to cause to think of, to remind

Etymology 3

Noun

فَكْر • (fakr) m

1. verbal noun of فَكَرَ (fakara, “to think”) (form I)
2. thinking

Declension

Declension of noun فَكْر (fakr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَكْر fakr	الْفَكْر al-fakr	فَكْر fakr
Nominative	فَكْرٌ fakrun	الْفَكْرُ al-fakru	فَكْرُ fakru
Accusative	فَكْرًا fakran	الْفَكْرَ al-fakra	فَكْرَ fakra
Genitive	فَكْرٍ fakrin	الْفَكْرِ al-fakri	فَكْرِ fakri

Etymology 4

Noun

فِكْر • (fikr) m (plural أَفْكَار (ʔafkār))

1. thinking
2. thought
3. thoughtful attention
4. idea

Declension

Declension of noun فِكْر (fikr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِكْر fikr	الْفِكْر al-fikr	فِكْر fikr
Nominative	فِكْرٌ fikrun	الْفِكْرُ al-fikru	فِكْرُ fikru
Accusative	فِكْرًا fikran	الْفِكْرَ al-fikra	فِكْرَ fikra
Genitive	فِكْرٍ fikrin	الْفِكْرِ al-fikri	فِكْرِ fikri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِكْرَيْن fikrayn	الْفِكْرَيْن al-fikrayn	فِكْرَيْ fikray
Nominative	فِكْرَانِ fikrāni	الْفِكْرَانِ al-fikrāni	فِكْرَا fikrā
Accusative	فِكْرَيْنِ fikrayni	الْفِكْرَيْنِ al-fikrayni	فِكْرَيْ fikray
Genitive	فِكْرَيْنِ fikrayni	الْفِكْرَيْنِ al-fikrayni	فِكْرَيْ fikray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْكَار ʔafkār	الْأَفْكَار al-ʔafkār	أَفْكَار ʔafkār
Nominative	أَفْكَارٌ ʔafkārun	الْأَفْكَارُ al-ʔafkāru	أَفْكَارُ ʔafkāru
Accusative	أَفْكَارًا ʔafkāran	الْأَفْكَارَ al-ʔafkāra	أَفْكَارَ ʔafkāra
Genitive	أَفْكَارٍ ʔafkārin	الْأَفْكَارِ al-ʔafkāri	أَفْكَارِ ʔafkāri

Descendants

• → Bashkir: фекер (feker)
• → Crimean Tatar: fikir
• → Kazakh: пікір (pıkır)
• → Kurdish: fikir
• → Kyrgyz: бикир (bikir), пикир (pikir)
• → Malay: fikir, pikir
  • Indonesian: pikir, fikir (nonstandard)
    • → Amahai: pikir
    • → Angkola Batak: pikir
    • → Asilulu: pikir
    • → Banggai: pikir
    • → Belait: pikir
    • → West Makian: pikir
  • → Dutch: piekeren
• → Persian: فکر (fekr)
  • Dari: فِکْر (fikr)
  • Iranian Persian: فِکْر (fekr)
  • Tajik: фикр (fikr)
  • → Bengali: ফিকির (fikir)
  • → Gujarati: ફિકર (phikar)
  • → Old Hindi: फिकरि (phikari)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: फ़िक्र (fikr), फ़िकर (fikar)

      Urdu: فِکْر (fikr)

  • → Marathi: फिकीर (phikīr)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਿਕਰ (fikar)

    Shahmukhi script: فِکر (fikr)

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: فِڪرُ

    Devanagari script: फ़िकिरु

• → Turkish: fikir
• → Uyghur: پىكىر (pikir)
• → Uzbek: fikr
• → Zazaki: fikr

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فكر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فكر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 5

Noun

فِكَر • (fikar) f pl

1. plural of فِكْرَة (fikra)