بیچاره

Persian

Alternative forms

بی چاره (with space, proscribed), بچاره (colloquial), بی‌چاره (with ZWNJ, proscribed)

Etymology

From (bē / bi, “without”) +‎ (čāra / čâre, “remedy, cure”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /beː.t͡ʃaː.ˈɾa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.t͡ʃʰɔː.ɾá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.t͡ʃʰɒː.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.t͡ʃʰɔ.ɾá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bēčāra
Dari reading^?	bēčāra
Iranian reading^?	bičâre
Tajik reading^?	bečora

Adjective

بیچاره • (bēčāra / bičâre) (Tajik spelling бечора)

helpless, poor
pathetic

Derived terms

بیچارگی (bē-čāra-gī / bi-čâre-gi)

Noun

بیچاره • (bēčāra / bičâre) (plural بیچارگان (bēčāra-gān / bičâre-gân), Tajik spelling бечора)

a poor, helpless or pathetic person

Descendants

→ Assamese: বেচেৰা (besera)
→ Bengali: বেচারা (becara)
→ Gujarati: બિચારું (bicārũ)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: बेचारा (becārā), बिचारा (bicārā)

Urdu: بے چارَہ (be cāra), بِچارَہ (bicāra)
→ Marathi: बिचारे (bicāre)
→ Old Anatolian Turkish: بی‌چاره (bī-çāre)
- Azerbaijani: biçarə
- Ottoman Turkish: بیچاره (biçare)
  - Turkish: biçare
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਵਿਚਾਰਾ (vicārā)

Shahmukhi script: وِچارا (vicārā)
→ Uyghur: بىچارە (bichare)
→ Uzbek: bechora