फिकीर

See also: फ़क़ीर, फकीर, and फ़िकर

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian فکر (fekr), from Arabic فِكْر (fikr). Compare Gujarati ફિકર (phikar), Hindi फ़िकर (fikar), Punjabi ਫ਼ਿਕਰ (fikar) / فِکر (fikr).

Noun

फिकीर • (phikīr) f

1. anxiety, worry

   Synonyms: काळजी (kāḷjī), चिंता (cintā)

Derived terms

• बेफिकीर (bephikīr)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “फिकीर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फिकर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “फिकर,_फिकीर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).