фукара

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فقرا (fukara), from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”). Compare фа̀кӣр.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fukǎra/
• Hyphenation: фу‧ка‧ра

Noun

фука̀ра f (Latin spelling fukàra)

1. (regional, uncountable, collectively) the poor and pathetic

Declension

Declension of фукара

	singular
nominative	фукара
genitive	фукаре
dative	фукари
accusative	фукару
vocative	фукаро
locative	фукари
instrumental	фукаром

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fukara.

Derived terms

• фука̀рлук

Etymology 2

From фу̏кати (“to fuck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fûkara/
• Hyphenation: фу‧ка‧ра

Noun

фу̏кара f (Latin spelling fȕkara)

1. (regional, vulgar, colloquial) the act of fucking
2. (regional, vulgar, colloquial) a whore

Declension

Declension of фукара

	singular	plural
nominative	фукара	фукаре
genitive	фукаре	фукара
dative	фукари	фукарама
accusative	фукару	фукаре
vocative	фукаро	фукаре
locative	фукари	фукарама
instrumental	фукаром	фукарама

References

• “фукара”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 285