poor in Malay
miskin
/pʊɚ/
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archaic/pʊə/
poor in Malay: miskin, teruk. In English, poor means with no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Malay words for poor
- with few or no possessions or money
- miskin
- of low quality
- teruk
English meaning of poor
- adjective With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- adjective Of low quality.
- adjective Worthy of pity.
- adjective Deficient in a specified way.
poor in a sentence
- We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.
- That was a poor performance.
- Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!
Synonyms of poor
poor in other languages
- poor in Hindi
- poor in Tamil
- poor in Marathi
- poor in Urdu
- poor in Bengali
- poor in Telugu
- poor in Malayalam
- poor in Kannada
- poor in Punjabi
- poor in Gujarati
- poor in Odia
- poor in Sanskrit
- poor in Sinhala
- poor in Assamese
- poor in Pashto
- poor in Tagalog
- poor in Arabic
- poor in Indonesian
- poor in Persian
- poor in Thai
- poor in Vietnamese
- poor in Myanmar
Questions about poor in Malay
- What is the meaning of poor in Malay?
- Poor in Malay is miskin, teruk.
- Apakah maksud poor dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Poor: miskin, teruk.
- What does poor mean in English?
- Poor means with no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
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