بیکار

See also: پیکار

Persian

Alternative forms

• بی‌کار (bikâr), بی کار (bikâr)

Etymology

بیـ (bi-, “without”) +‎ کار (kâr, “work, occupation, things to do”)

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	b
Dari reading?	b
Iranian reading?	b
Tajik reading?	b

• Rhymes: -âr

Adjective

Dari	بیکار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бекор

بیکار • (bikâr)

1. unemployed, jobless
2. (somewhat derogatory) idle, inactive

Noun

Dari	بیکار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бекор

بیکار • (bikâr) (plural بیکاران (bikârân))

1. an unemployed person

Derived terms

• بیکاره (bikâre)
• بیکاری (bikâri)

 

Descendants

• → Armenian: բեքար (bekʻar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बेकार (bekār)

  Urdu: بے کار (be-kār)

• → Bengali: বেকার (bekar)
• → Kazakh: бекер (beker)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بیكار (bekâr)
  • → Albanian: beqar, bekar — Gheg
  • → Aromanian: bichear
  • → Bulgarian: бекя́р (bekjár), бекя́рин (bekjárin)
  • → Greek: μπεκιάρης (bekiáris)
  • → Hungarian: betyár
    • → Czech: beťar
    • → Polish: baciar, batiar, baciarz
    • → Slovak: beťar
    • → Ukrainian: батя́р (batjár), ба́цяр (bácjar), бе́тяр (bétjar)
  • → Romanian: becher
  • → Macedonian: беќар (beḱar)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бећар

    Latin script: bećar