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