فقیر

From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

فقیر • (faqír)

1. beggar

• پکیر (pakír)
• پنڈوک (pinďok)

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor, wretched”).

فقیر • (faqīr) (plural فقرا (fuqarā), female equivalent فقیره (faqīra))

1. poor person, pauper, lack-all

   Synonyms: گدا (gädā), تنگ روسی (täng rūzī)

   Antonyms: بای (bay), غنی (ğanī)

2. a person worthy of pity: a pitiable person

   Synonym: مسکین (miskīn)

3. (Islam) faqir

This word generally uses the original Arabic plural فقرا, and thus the plural has not been included on this page currently. For the declension of the plural, please refer that page until further notice.

فقیر • (faqīr) (comparative فقیرراق (faqīrraq), superlative اینک فقیر (eng faqīr))

1. poor, destitute, impoverished

   Synonyms: گدا (gädā), مفلس (müflis)

   Antonyms: بای (bay), غنی (ğanī)

2. poor, miserable, pitiable, wretched

   Synonyms: یارلی (yarli), مسکین (miskīn)

• Uyghur: پېقىر (pëqir)
• Uzbek: faqir

• Schluessel, Eric (2018), “فقیر”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources‎^[1], Michigan Publishing, page 113
• Demir, Necati; Aydoğdu, Özkan (2015), Oğuzname [Kazan Nüshası]: inceleme - metin - dizin - tıpkıbasım [Oğuzname [Kazan Manuscript]: analysis - text - index - facsimile], Istanbul: Kesit Yayınları, page 227

فقیر (faqīr)

1. beggar

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish فقیر (feqīr), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor, wretched”).

فقیر • (fakir) (feminine فقیره (fakire))

1. poor, indigent, destitute, in need, with no or few possessions or money

   Synonyms: كدا (geda), یوقسول (yoksul)

2. poor, wretched, miserable, in a state of misery, worthy of commiseration

فقیر • (fakir) (definite accusative فقیری (fakiri), plural فقرا (fukara))

1. pauper, poor, indigent, lack-all, a person in need or in poverty, also the poor people of a society

   Synonym: درویش (derviş)

2. (Islam) fakir, faqir, a religious mendicant who owns no personal property and living solely off alms

• Turkish: fakir

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

فقیر • (faqīr / faġir) (comparative فقیرتَر, superlative فقیرتَرین, Tajik spelling фақир)

1. poor

فقیر • (faqīr / faġir) (plural فقیران (faqīrān / faġirân), or فقیرها (faqīr-hā / faġir-hâ), or فقرا (fuqarā / foġarâ), Tajik spelling фақир)

1. poor person

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.qiːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ
• Hyphenation: فَ‧قِیر

فَقِیر • (faqīr) m (Hindi spelling फ़क़ीर)

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

• “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, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “فقیر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.