fukara
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish فقرا (fukara), from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”). Compare fàkīr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fukǎra/
- Hyphenation: fu‧ka‧ra
Noun
fukàra f (Cyrillic spelling фука̀ра)
- (regional, uncountable, collectively) the poor and pathetic
Declension
Declension of fukara
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | fukara |
genitive | fukare |
dative | fukari |
accusative | fukaru |
vocative | fukaro |
locative | fukari |
instrumental | fukarom |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:fukara.
Derived terms
- fukàrluk
Etymology 2
From fȕkati (“to fuck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fûkara/
- Hyphenation: fu‧ka‧ra
Noun
fȕkara f (Cyrillic spelling фу̏кара)
- (regional, vulgar, colloquial) the act of fucking
- (regional, vulgar, colloquial) a whore
Declension
Declension of fukara
singular | plural | |
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nominative | fukara | fukare |
genitive | fukare | fukara |
dative | fukari | fukarama |
accusative | fukaru | fukare |
vocative | fukaro | fukare |
locative | fukari | fukarama |
instrumental | fukarom | fukarama |
References
- “fukara” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 285
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
fukara (ma class, plural mafukara)
- pauper, beggar
Derived terms
- ufukara
Adjective
fukara (invariable)
- poor, destitute
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فقرا, from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fukaraː/
- Hyphenation: fu‧ka‧ra
Noun
fukara (definite accusative fukarayı, plural fukaralar)
- (archaic) Arabic plural of fakir; the poor.
- poor, pauper
- faqir
Declension
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | fukara | |
Definite accusative | fukarayı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | fukara | fukaralar |
Definite accusative | fukarayı | fukaraları |
Dative | fukaraya | fukaralara |
Locative | fukarada | fukaralarda |
Ablative | fukaradan | fukaralardan |
Genitive | fukaranın | fukaraların |
Adjective
fukara
- poor, pauper (not rich)
- Synonyms: fakir, yoksul
- Antonyms: zengin, varlıklı, varsıl
- poor, pitiable (to be pitied)
- Synonym: düşkün
Descendants
- → Aromanian: fucãrã, fucãre
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “fukara”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1617
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “فقرا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 906
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fukara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük