poor in Persian
فقیر faqir
/pʊɚ/
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archaic/pʊə/
poor in Persian: فقیر (faqir), مسکین (meskin), ضعیف (za'if), بدبخت (badbaxt). In English, poor means with no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Persian words for poor
- with few or no possessions or money
- فقیر faqir, مسکین meskin
- of low quality
- ضعیف za'if
- used to express pity
- بدبخت badbaxt, بیچاره bičâre, طفلک teflak, طفلی tefli
- deficient in a specified way
- کم داشتن kam dâštan
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 Malay
- poor in Indonesian
- poor in Thai
- poor in Vietnamese
- poor in Myanmar
Questions about poor in Persian
- What is the meaning of poor in Persian?
- Poor in Persian is فقیر (faqir), مسکین (meskin), ضعیف (za'if), بدبخت (badbaxt).
- معنی poor چیست؟
- Poor: فقیر (faqir), مسکین (meskin), ضعیف (za'if), بدبخت (badbaxt).
- 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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