Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian فکر (fikr), from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

Noun

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फिकरि (phikari)

  1. anxiety, worry

Descendants

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  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: फ़िक्र (fikr), फ़िकर (fikar)
    Urdu: فِکْر (fikr)

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 548