# فكر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.ka.ra/

#### Verb

فَكَرَ • (fakara) I (non-past يَفْكُرُ (yafkuru), verbal noun فَكْر (fakr))
* (construed with فِي (fī), uncommon) to think, ponder over

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فكر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 2

Intensive of فَكَرَ (fakara, “to think”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fak.ka.ra/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

فَكَّرَ • (fakkara) II (non-past يُفَكِّرُ (yufakkiru), verbal noun تَفْكِير (tafkīr))
* to reflect, to meditate, to contemplate
* to think
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:18:إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَʔinnahū fakkara wa-qaddarahe contemplated and determined
** Al-Mutanabbi, آخر ما الملك معزى به :لَوْ فَكَّرَ الْعَاشِقُ فِي مُنْتَهَى / حُسْنِ الَّذِي يَسْبِيهِ لَمْ يَسْبِهِlaw fakkara al-ʕāšiqu fī muntahā / ḥusni llaḏī yasbīhi lam yasbihi
** 2020, لك, →ISBN, page 399:وَهَٰذَا دَفَعَنِي إِلَم مُرَاجَعَةِ السُّؤَالِ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَطْرَحُهُ بِخُصُوص «نيوتن» وَتُفَّاحَتِهِ: «مَا الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ يُفَكِّرُ فِي ذَٰلِكَ ٱلِٱتِّجَاهِ؟ أَمْ أَنَّ صِيَاغَةَ السُّؤَالِ يَجِبُ أن تعدل إلى التالي: «مَنِ» الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ يُفَكِّرُ فِي ذَٰلِكَ ٱلِٱتِّجَاهِ؟ هُنَا يَطْرَحُ تَسَاؤُلُنَا الْوُجُودِيُّ الْأَسَاسِيُّ وَٱلْمُتَكَرِّرُ نَفْسَهُ: ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to consider

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fakr/

#### Noun

فَكْر • (fakr) m
* verbal noun of فَكَرَ (fakara, “to think”) (form I)
* thinking

##### Declension
### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fikr/

#### Noun

فِكْر • (fikr) m (plural أَفْكَار (ʔafkār))
* thinking
* thought
* thoughtful attention
* idea
    لَا تَتَرَدَّدْ فِي مُشَارَكَةِ أَفْكَارِكَ.lā tataraddad fī mušārakati ʔafkārika.Don't hesitate to share your ideas.

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: fikir
* → Bashkir: фекер (feker)
* → Chagatai: فکر
** Uyghur: پىكىر (pikir)
** Uzbek: fikr
* → Crimean Tatar: fikir
* → Georgian: ფიქრი (pikri)
** → Mingrelian: ფირქი (pirki)
** → Svan: ფიქრ (pikr)
* → Kazakh: пікір (pıkır)
* → Northern Kurdish: fikir
* → Kyrgyz: бикир (bikir), пикир (pikir)
* → Malay: fikir, pikir
** Indonesian: pikir, fikir (nonstandard)
*** → Amahai: pikir
*** → Angkola Batak: pikir
*** → Asilulu: pikir
*** → Banggai: pikir
*** → Belait: pikir
*** → West Makian: pikir
** → Proto-North Halmahera: *fikiri
** → Dutch: piekeren
* → Ottoman Turkish: فكر
** Turkish: fikir
** → Armenian: ֆիքր (fikʻr)
** → Laz: ჶიკირი (fiǩiri)
* → Classical Persian: فِکْر (fikr), فک (fek) (dialectal, Tehrani)
** Dari: فِکْر (fikr)
** Iranian Persian: فِکْر (fekr)
** Tajik: фикр (fikr)
** → Bengali: ফিকির (fikir)
** → Gujarati: ફિકર (phikar)
** → Old Hindi: फिकरि (phikari)
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: फ़िक्र (fikr), फ़िकर (fikar)
    Urdu: فِکْر (fikr)
** → Marathi: फिकीर (phikīr)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਿਕਰ (fikar)
    Shahmukhi script: فِکر (fikr)
** → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: فِڪرُ
    Devanagari script: फ़िकिरु
* → Swahili: fikiri
* → Turkmen: pikir
* → Zazaki: fikr

##### References

* ↑ Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head‎
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فكر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “فكر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.kar/

#### Noun

فِكَر • (fikar) f pl
* plural of فِكْرَة (fikra)

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic فَكَّرَ (fakkara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fak.kar/

### Verb

فكر • (fakkar) II (non-past يفكر (yfakkar))
* to think
    كنفكر شنو نعمل. ― kanfakkar šnu naʕmal ― I am thinking on what to do.
* to cause to think of, to remind
    فكرني نشرب دواي. ― fakkarni nušrub dwāy ― Remind me to take my medicine.

#### Related terms

* فكرة (fikra, “idea”)
* تفكر (tfakkar, “to remember”)
* تفكير (tafkīr, “thinking”)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

### Noun

فكر • (fikr)
* thought, idea

#### Related terms

* افكار (efkâr)
* تفكر (tefekkür)
* فكراً (fikren)
* فكری (fikrî)
* فكریات (fikriyat)
* متفكر (mütefekkir)
* هم فكر (hem fikr)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: fikir
* → Armenian: ֆիքր (fikʻr)
* → Laz: ჶიკირი (fiǩiri)

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فكر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 907b
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فكر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1393a
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fikir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1589a

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic فَكَّرَ (fakkara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fak.kar/, [ˈfak.kar]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

فكّر • (fakkar) II (present بفكّر (bifakker))
* to think, to think about (+ في)
* to think, to consider, to believe (that something is the case)
    Synonyms: اعتقد (iʕtaqad), ظنّ (ẓann)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic فِكْر (fikr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fikr/, [ˈfɪ.k(ɪ)r]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

فكر • (fikr) m (plural أفكار (ʔafkār))
* thought, notion
* intention

##### See also

* فكرة (fikra, “thought, idea”)