fukara

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”). Doublet of fakir.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /fuˈkara/ [fuˈka.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: fu‧ka‧ra

Noun

fukara (plural fukara-fukara)

1. poor

   Fukara tak punya apa apa ― The poor have nothing

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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)

1. (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)

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

Declension

Declension of fukara

	singular	plural
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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• 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 class V (plural mafukara class VI)

1. pauper, beggar

   Synonym: fakiri

Derived terms

• ufukara

Adjective

fukara (invariable)

1. 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)

1. (archaic) Arabic plural of fakir; the poor.
2. poor, pauper
3. 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

1. poor, pauper (not rich)

   Synonyms: fakir, yoksul

   Antonyms: gani, zengin, varlıklı, varsıl

2. poor, pitiable (to be pitied)

   Synonym: düşkün

Descendants

• → Aromanian: fucãrã, fucãre
• → Greek: φουκαράς (foukarás)

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^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 906
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fukara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük