فتكر

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܦܬܟܪܐ (pəṯaḵrā, idol, likeness), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (p-t-i-k-r /⁠patikara⁠/, sculpted image; likeness), something execrable in Christian circles, hence the meaning in Arabic.

Noun

فِتَكْر or فُتَكْر or فِتْكَر or فِتْكِر • (fitakr or futakr or fitkar or fitkir) m (plural فِتَكْرُون (fitakrūn) or فُتَكْرُون (futakrūn) or فِتْكَرُون (fitkarūn) or فِتْكِرُون (fitkirūn))

  1. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) calamity, formidable thing, something nasty, misfortune
    Synonyms: داهِيَة (dāhiya), شِدَّة (šidda)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “فتكر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 313b
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 273–274
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “فتكر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2333
  • Rundgren, Frithiof (1963) “Ein iranischer Beamtenname im Aramäischen”, in Orientalia Suecana, volume 12, pages 90–91
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