Where does “фукара” come from?
фукара (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Turkish fukara, from Ottoman Turkish فقرا, from Arabic فُقَرَاء, from Arabic فَقِير — poor man, pauper; poor, wretched; pauper.
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Definitions
- the poor and pathetic; the act of fucking; a...
Ancestry of “фукара”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | fukara | poor, pauper; faqir; poor, pitiable |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | فقرا | — |
| 3 | Arabic | فُقَرَاء | — |
| 4 | Arabic | فَقِير | poor man, pauper; poor, wretched; pauper |