فكر

See also: فکر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ف ك ر (f k r)
6 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ka.ra/

Verb

فَكَرَ • (fakara) I (non-past يَفْكُرُ (yafkuru), verbal noun فَكْر (fakr))

1. (construed with فِي (fī), uncommon) to think, ponder over

Conjugation

    Conjugation of فَكَرَ (I, sound, a ~ u, impersonal passive, verbal noun فَكْر)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						فَكْر fakr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						فَاكِر fākir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَفْكُور mafkūr
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	فَكَرْتُ fakartu	فَكَرْتَ fakarta	فَكَرَ fakara		فَكَرْتُمَا fakartumā	فَكَرَا fakarā		فَكَرْنَا fakarnā	فَكَرْتُمْ fakartum	فَكَرُوا fakarū
	f		فَكَرْتِ fakarti	فَكَرَتْ fakarat			فَكَرَتَا fakaratā			فَكَرْتُنَّ fakartunna	فَكَرْنَ fakarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَفْكُرُ ʔafkuru	تَفْكُرُ tafkuru	يَفْكُرُ yafkuru		تَفْكُرَانِ tafkurāni	يَفْكُرَانِ yafkurāni		نَفْكُرُ nafkuru	تَفْكُرُونَ tafkurūna	يَفْكُرُونَ yafkurūna
	f		تَفْكُرِينَ tafkurīna	تَفْكُرُ tafkuru			تَفْكُرَانِ tafkurāni			تَفْكُرْنَ tafkurna	يَفْكُرْنَ yafkurna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَفْكُرَ ʔafkura	تَفْكُرَ tafkura	يَفْكُرَ yafkura		تَفْكُرَا tafkurā	يَفْكُرَا yafkurā		نَفْكُرَ nafkura	تَفْكُرُوا tafkurū	يَفْكُرُوا yafkurū
	f		تَفْكُرِي tafkurī	تَفْكُرَ tafkura			تَفْكُرَا tafkurā			تَفْكُرْنَ tafkurna	يَفْكُرْنَ yafkurna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَفْكُرْ ʔafkur	تَفْكُرْ tafkur	يَفْكُرْ yafkur		تَفْكُرَا tafkurā	يَفْكُرَا yafkurā		نَفْكُرْ nafkur	تَفْكُرُوا tafkurū	يَفْكُرُوا yafkurū
	f		تَفْكُرِي tafkurī	تَفْكُرْ tafkur			تَفْكُرَا tafkurā			تَفْكُرْنَ tafkurna	يَفْكُرْنَ yafkurna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُفْكُرْ ufkur			اُفْكُرَا ufkurā				اُفْكُرُوا ufkurū
	f		اُفْكُرِي ufkurī							اُفْكُرْنَ ufkurna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	فُكِرَ fukira		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُفْكَرُ yufkaru		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُفْكَرَ yufkara		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُفْكَرْ yufkar		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فكر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Intensive of فَكَرَ (fakara, “to think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fak.ka.ra/

• Audio:

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Verb

فَكَّرَ • (fakkara) II (non-past يُفَكِّرُ (yufakkiru), verbal noun تَفْكِير (tafkīr))

1. to reflect, to meditate, to contemplate
2. to think
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:18:

     إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

     ʔinnahū fakkara wa-qaddara

     he contemplated and determined

   • Al-Mutanabbi, آخر ما الملك معزى به :

     لَوْ فَكَّرَ الْعَاشِقُ فِي مُنْتَهَى / حُسْنِ الَّذِي يَسْبِيهِ لَمْ يَسْبِهِ

     law fakkara al-ʕāšiqu fī muntahā / ḥusni llaḏī yasbīhi lam yasbihi

   • 2020, لك, →ISBN, page 399:

     وَهَٰذَا دَفَعَنِي إِلَم مُرَاجَعَةِ السُّؤَالِ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَطْرَحُهُ بِخُصُوص «نيوتن» وَتُفَّاحَتِهِ: «مَا الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ يُفَكِّرُ فِي ذَٰلِكَ ٱلِٱتِّجَاهِ؟ أَمْ أَنَّ صِيَاغَةَ السُّؤَالِ يَجِبُ أن تعدل إلى التالي: «مَنِ» الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ يُفَكِّرُ فِي ذَٰلِكَ ٱلِٱتِّجَاهِ؟ هُنَا يَطْرَحُ تَسَاؤُلُنَا الْوُجُودِيُّ الْأَسَاسِيُّ وَٱلْمُتَكَرِّرُ نَفْسَهُ: ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to consider

Conjugation

    Conjugation of فَكَّرَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَفْكِير)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَفْكِير tafkīr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُفَكِّر mufakkir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُفَكَّر mufakkar
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	فَكَّرْتُ fakkartu	فَكَّرْتَ fakkarta	فَكَّرَ fakkara		فَكَّرْتُمَا fakkartumā	فَكَّرَا fakkarā		فَكَّرْنَا fakkarnā	فَكَّرْتُمْ fakkartum	فَكَّرُوا fakkarū
	f		فَكَّرْتِ fakkarti	فَكَّرَتْ fakkarat			فَكَّرَتَا fakkaratā			فَكَّرْتُنَّ fakkartunna	فَكَّرْنَ fakkarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُفَكِّرُ ʔufakkiru	تُفَكِّرُ tufakkiru	يُفَكِّرُ yufakkiru		تُفَكِّرَانِ tufakkirāni	يُفَكِّرَانِ yufakkirāni		نُفَكِّرُ nufakkiru	تُفَكِّرُونَ tufakkirūna	يُفَكِّرُونَ yufakkirūna
	f		تُفَكِّرِينَ tufakkirīna	تُفَكِّرُ tufakkiru			تُفَكِّرَانِ tufakkirāni			تُفَكِّرْنَ tufakkirna	يُفَكِّرْنَ yufakkirna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُفَكِّرَ ʔufakkira	تُفَكِّرَ tufakkira	يُفَكِّرَ yufakkira		تُفَكِّرَا tufakkirā	يُفَكِّرَا yufakkirā		نُفَكِّرَ nufakkira	تُفَكِّرُوا tufakkirū	يُفَكِّرُوا yufakkirū
	f		تُفَكِّرِي tufakkirī	تُفَكِّرَ tufakkira			تُفَكِّرَا tufakkirā			تُفَكِّرْنَ tufakkirna	يُفَكِّرْنَ yufakkirna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُفَكِّرْ ʔufakkir	تُفَكِّرْ tufakkir	يُفَكِّرْ yufakkir		تُفَكِّرَا tufakkirā	يُفَكِّرَا yufakkirā		نُفَكِّرْ nufakkir	تُفَكِّرُوا tufakkirū	يُفَكِّرُوا yufakkirū
	f		تُفَكِّرِي tufakkirī	تُفَكِّرْ tufakkir			تُفَكِّرَا tufakkirā			تُفَكِّرْنَ tufakkirna	يُفَكِّرْنَ yufakkirna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		فَكِّرْ fakkir			فَكِّرَا fakkirā				فَكِّرُوا fakkirū
	f		فَكِّرِي fakkirī							فَكِّرْنَ fakkirna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	فُكِّرْتُ fukkirtu	فُكِّرْتَ fukkirta	فُكِّرَ fukkira		فُكِّرْتُمَا fukkirtumā	فُكِّرَا fukkirā		فُكِّرْنَا fukkirnā	فُكِّرْتُمْ fukkirtum	فُكِّرُوا fukkirū
	f		فُكِّرْتِ fukkirti	فُكِّرَتْ fukkirat			فُكِّرَتَا fukkiratā			فُكِّرْتُنَّ fukkirtunna	فُكِّرْنَ fukkirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُفَكَّرُ ʔufakkaru	تُفَكَّرُ tufakkaru	يُفَكَّرُ yufakkaru		تُفَكَّرَانِ tufakkarāni	يُفَكَّرَانِ yufakkarāni		نُفَكَّرُ nufakkaru	تُفَكَّرُونَ tufakkarūna	يُفَكَّرُونَ yufakkarūna
	f		تُفَكَّرِينَ tufakkarīna	تُفَكَّرُ tufakkaru			تُفَكَّرَانِ tufakkarāni			تُفَكَّرْنَ tufakkarna	يُفَكَّرْنَ yufakkarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُفَكَّرَ ʔufakkara	تُفَكَّرَ tufakkara	يُفَكَّرَ yufakkara		تُفَكَّرَا tufakkarā	يُفَكَّرَا yufakkarā		نُفَكَّرَ nufakkara	تُفَكَّرُوا tufakkarū	يُفَكَّرُوا yufakkarū
	f		تُفَكَّرِي tufakkarī	تُفَكَّرَ tufakkara			تُفَكَّرَا tufakkarā			تُفَكَّرْنَ tufakkarna	يُفَكَّرْنَ yufakkarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُفَكَّرْ ʔufakkar	تُفَكَّرْ tufakkar	يُفَكَّرْ yufakkar		تُفَكَّرَا tufakkarā	يُفَكَّرَا yufakkarā		نُفَكَّرْ nufakkar	تُفَكَّرُوا tufakkarū	يُفَكَّرُوا yufakkarū
	f		تُفَكَّرِي tufakkarī	تُفَكَّرْ tufakkar			تُفَكَّرَا tufakkarā			تُفَكَّرْنَ tufakkarna	يُفَكَّرْنَ yufakkarna

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fakr/

Noun

فَكْر • (fakr) m

1. verbal noun of فَكَرَ (fakara, “to think”) (form I)
2. thinking

Declension

Declension of noun فَكْر (fakr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَكْر fakr	الْفَكْر al-fakr	فَكْر fakr
Nominative	فَكْرٌ fakrun	الْفَكْرُ al-fakru	فَكْرُ fakru
Accusative	فَكْرًا fakran	الْفَكْرَ al-fakra	فَكْرَ fakra
Genitive	فَكْرٍ fakrin	الْفَكْرِ al-fakri	فَكْرِ fakri

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fikr/

Noun

فِكْر • (fikr) m (plural أَفْكَار (ʔafkār))

1. thinking
2. thought
3. thoughtful attention
4. idea

   لَا تَتَرَدَّدْ فِي مُشَارَكَةِ أَفْكَارِكَ.

   lā tataraddad fī mušārakati ʔafkārika.

   Don't hesitate to share your ideas.

Declension

Declension of noun فِكْر (fikr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِكْر fikr	الْفِكْر al-fikr	فِكْر fikr
Nominative	فِكْرٌ fikrun	الْفِكْرُ al-fikru	فِكْرُ fikru
Accusative	فِكْرًا fikran	الْفِكْرَ al-fikra	فِكْرَ fikra
Genitive	فِكْرٍ fikrin	الْفِكْرِ al-fikri	فِكْرِ fikri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِكْرَيْن fikrayn	الْفِكْرَيْن al-fikrayn	فِكْرَيْ fikray
Nominative	فِكْرَانِ fikrāni	الْفِكْرَانِ al-fikrāni	فِكْرَا fikrā
Accusative	فِكْرَيْنِ fikrayni	الْفِكْرَيْنِ al-fikrayni	فِكْرَيْ fikray
Genitive	فِكْرَيْنِ fikrayni	الْفِكْرَيْنِ al-fikrayni	فِكْرَيْ fikray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْكَار ʔafkār	الْأَفْكَار al-ʔafkār	أَفْكَار ʔafkār
Nominative	أَفْكَارٌ ʔafkārun	الْأَفْكَارُ al-ʔafkāru	أَفْكَارُ ʔafkāru
Accusative	أَفْكَارًا ʔafkāran	الْأَفْكَارَ al-ʔafkāra	أَفْكَارَ ʔafkāra
Genitive	أَفْكَارٍ ʔafkārin	الْأَفْكَارِ al-ʔafkāri	أَفْكَارِ ʔafkāri

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: fikir
• → Bashkir: фекер (feker)
• → Chagatai: فکر
  • Uyghur: پىكىر (pikir)
  • Uzbek: fikr
• → Crimean Tatar: fikir
• → Georgian: ფიქრი (pikri)
  • → Mingrelian: ფირქი (pirki)
  • → Svan: ფიქრ (pikr)
• → Kazakh: пікір (pıkır)
• → Northern Kurdish: fikir
• → Kyrgyz: бикир (bikir), пикир (pikir)
• → Malay: fikir, pikir
  • Indonesian: pikir, fikir (nonstandard)
    • → Amahai: pikir
    • → Angkola Batak: pikir
    • → Asilulu: pikir
    • → Banggai: pikir
    • → Belait: pikir
    • → West Makian: pikir
  • → Proto-North Halmahera: *fikiri
  • → Dutch: piekeren
• → Ottoman Turkish: فكر
  • Turkish: fikir
  • → Armenian: ֆիքր (fikʻr)
  • → Laz: ჶიკირი (fiǩiri)
• → Classical Persian: فِکْر (fikr), فک (fek) (dialectal, Tehrani)
  • Dari: فِکْر (fikr)
  • Iranian Persian: فِکْر (fekr)
  • Tajik: фикр (fikr)
  • → Bengali: ফিকির (fikir)
  • → Gujarati: ફિકર (phikar)
  • → Old Hindi: फिकरि (phikari)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: फ़िक्र (fikr), फ़िकर (fikar)

      Urdu: فِکْر (fikr)

  • → Marathi: फिकीर (phikīr)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਿਕਰ (fikar)

    Shahmukhi script: فِکر (fikr)

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: فِڪرُ

    Devanagari script: फ़िकिरु

• → Swahili: fikiri
• → Turkmen: pikir
• → Zazaki: fikr

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فكر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فكر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.kar/

Noun

فِكَر • (fikar) f pl

1. plural of فِكْرَة (fikra)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف ك ر
1 term

From Arabic فَكَّرَ (fakkara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fak.kar/

Verb

فكر • (fakkar) II (non-past يفكر (yfakkar))

1. to think

   كنفكر شنو نعمل. ― kanfakkar šnu naʕmal ― I am thinking on what to do.

2. to cause to think of, to remind

   فكرني نشرب دواي. ― fakkarni nušrub dwāy ― Remind me to take my medicine.

Conjugation

Conjugation of فكر
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	فكّرت (fakkart)	فكّرتي (fakkarti)	فكّر (fakkar)		فكّرنا (fakkarna)	فكّرتوا (fakkartu)	فكّروا (fakkru)
	f			فكّرت (fakkrāt)
non-past	m	نفكّر (nfakkar)	تفكّر (tfakkar)	يفكّر (yfakkar)		نفكّروا (nfakkru)	تفكّروا (tfakkru)	يفكّروا (yfakkru)
	f		تفكّري (tfakkri)	تفكّر (tfakkar)
imperative	m		فكّر (fakkar)				فكّروا (fakkru)
	f		فكّري (fakkri)

Related terms

• فكرة (fikra, “idea”)
• تفكر (tfakkar, “to remember”)
• تفكير (tafkīr, “thinking”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Noun

فكر • (fikr)

1. thought, idea

Related terms

• افكار (efkâr)
• تفكر (tefekkür)
• فكراً (fikren)
• فكری (fikrî)
• فكریات (fikriyat)
• متفكر (mütefekkir)
• هم فكر (hem fikr)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: fikir
• → Armenian: ֆիքր (fikʻr)
• → Laz: ჶიკირი (fiǩiri)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فكر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[4], Constantinople: Mihran, page 907b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فكر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1393a
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fikir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1589a

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ك ر
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَكَّرَ (fakkara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fak.kar/, [ˈfak.kar]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Verb

فكّر • (fakkar) II (present بفكّر (bifakker))

1. to think, to think about (+ في)
2. to think, to consider, to believe (that something is the case)

   Synonyms: اعتقد (iʕtaqad), ظنّ (ẓann)

Conjugation

Conjugation of فكّر (fakkar)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	فكّرت (fakkart)	فكّرت (fakkart)	فكّر (fakkar)		فكّرنا (fakkarna)	فكّرتو (fakkartu)	فكّرو (fakkaru)
	f		فكّرتي (fakkarti)	فكّرت (fakkarat)
present	m	بفكّر (bafakker)	بتفكّر (bitfakker)	بفكّر (bifakker)		منفكّر (minfakker)	بتفكّرو (bitfakkru)	بفكّرو (bifakkru)
	f		بتفكّري (bitfakkri)	بتفكّر (bitfakker)
subjunctive	m	افكّر (afakker)	تفكّر (tfakker)	يفكّر (yfakker)		نفكّر (nfakker)	تفكّرو (tfakkru)	يفكّرو (yfakkru)
	f		تفكّري (tfakkri)	تفكّر (tfakker)
imperative	m		فكّر (fakker)				فكّرو (fakkru)
	f		فكّري (fakkri)

Etymology 2

From Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fikr/, [ˈfɪ.k(ɪ)r]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

فكر • (fikr) m (plural أفكار (ʔafkār))

1. thought, notion
2. intention

See also

• فكرة (fikra, “thought, idea”)