fakir

Opposite of
gani, zengin, varlıklı, varsıl
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɑcir/
Etymology

In summary

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

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