حقیر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَقِير (ḥaqīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ˈqiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.qíːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.qíːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qíːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qíɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.ʁíːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.qíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	haqīr
Dari reading?	haqīr
Iranian reading?	hağir
Tajik reading?	haqir

Adjective

حقیر • (haqir)

1. mean, lowly, humble

Pronoun

حقیر • (haqir)

1. (formal, humble) your humble servant; humble and formal first-person pronoun.

   Synonym: بنده (bande)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حقیر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim