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fakir.

fakir (an ascetic mendicant)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɑcir/

  1. fakir (an ascetic mendicant)

    Hinduism
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فقیر (fakir), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr). Cognate with Azerbaijani fağır (“poor”), Bashkir бахыр (baxır, “poor, miserable”), Kazakh пақыр (paqır, “poor, miserable”), Kyrgyz бакыр (bakır, “poor, miserable”), Turkmen pahyr (“poor thing”).

adj/fɑcir/

  1. poor, pauper

    Paralarımla yardım edebileceğim fakir insanları düşün.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فقیر (fakir), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr). Cognate with Azerbaijani fağır (“poor”), Bashkir бахыр (baxır, “poor, miserable”), Kazakh пақыр (paqır, “poor, miserable”), Kyrgyz бакыр (bakır, “poor, miserable”), Turkmen pahyr (“poor thing”).

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