fukara

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish فقراء‎ (fukara), from Arabic فُقَرَاء‎ (fuqarāʾ), plural form of فَقِير‎ (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”). Compare fàkīr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fukǎra/
  • Hyphenation: fu‧ka‧ra

Noun

fukàra f (Cyrillic spelling фука̀ра)

  1. (regional, uncountable, collectively) the poor and pathetic
Declension
Quotations
  • For quotations of use of 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)

  1. (regional, vulgar, colloquial) the act of fucking
  2. (regional, vulgar, colloquial) a whore
Declension

References

  • “fukara” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 285

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic فُقَرَاء‎ (fuqarāʾ), plural form of فَقِير‎ (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”).

Noun

fukara (ma class, plural mafukara)

  1. pauper, beggar

Derived terms

Adjective

fukara (invariable)

  1. poor, destitute

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fukaraː/
  • Hyphenation: fu‧ka‧ra

Etymology

From Arabic فُقَرَاء‎ (fuqarāʾ), plural form of فَقِير‎ (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”).

Noun

fukara (definite accusative fukarayı, plural fukaralar)

  1. poor, pauper
  2. faqir

Declension

Inflection
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 (comparative daha fukara, superlative en fukara)

  1. poor, pauper (not rich)
    Synonyms: fakir, yoksul
    Antonyms: zengin, varlıklı, varsıl
  2. poor, pitiable (to be pitied)
    Synonym: düşkün
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