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فقیر

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See also: فقير

Baluchi

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Etymology

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From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Noun

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فقیر (faqír)

  1. beggar

See also

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Kohistani Shina

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Noun

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فقیر (faqīr)

  1. beggar

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? faqīr
Dari reading? faqīr
Iranian reading? fağir
Tajik reading? faqir

Adjective

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Dari فقیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik фақир

فَقیر (faqir) (comparative فَقیرتَر (faqir-tar), superlative فَقیرتَرین (faqir-tarin))

  1. poor

Noun

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فَقیر (faqir) (plural فَقیران or فَقیرها or فُقَرا (foqarâ))

  1. poor person

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian فَقیر (faqīr), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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فَقِیر (faqīrm (Hindi spelling फ़क़ीर)

  1. a beggar, needy
  2. (Sufism) dervish
  3. (figuratively) a lover

Declension

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    Declension of فقیر
singular plural
direct فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیر (faqīr)
oblique فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیروں (faqīrõ)
vocative فَقِیر (faqīr) فَقِیرو (faqīro)

Further reading

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  • فقیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • فقیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فقیر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.