फ़िकर (fikar)
noun
A common everyday word for 'worry' or 'concern' -- a variant spelling of फ़िक्र (fikr), used interchangeably in speech.
Sense
1
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worry, concern, anxiety
noun, feminine Commonly used in the construction फ़िकर होना (fikar honaa) with a को-marked person -- 'mujhe fikar hai' style dative-subject sentences, paralleling how चिंता (chintaa) is used.
Synonyms: चिंता (chintaa), फ़िक्र (fikr, variant form), परेशानी (pareshaanii)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the word you will hear constantly in Delhi households -- a mother calling out फ़िकर मत करो, सब ठीक हो जाएगा (fikar mat karo, sab thiik ho jaaegaa, 'don't worry, everything will be fine') captures its everyday warmth. It is spelled with a nuqta under the फ़ (f) reflecting its Persian origin, but you will also see it written without the nuqta as फिकर (phikar) in casual writing.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to make this the grammatical subject with ने (ne), but the person who worries is usually marked with को (ko) while फ़िकर (fikar) itself is the subject that 'happens' to them (dative-subject pattern, like लगना (lagnaa)). 2) फ़िकर मत करो (fikar mat karo, 'don't worry') is the everyday phrase learners reach for -- don't overthink it with a more literary alternative.
Sample Sentences:
फ़िकर मत करो, सब ठीक हो जाएगा।
Don't worry, everything will be fine.
(fikar mat karo, sab thiik ho jaaegaa।)
मुझे तुम्हारी बहुत फ़िकर होती है।
I worry about you a lot.
(mujhe tumhaarii bahut fikar hotii hai।)
उसे अपनी नौकरी की फ़िकर सता रही है।
He's being tormented by worry about his job.
(use apnii naukrii kii fikar sataa rahii hai।)
पैसों की फ़िकर ने उसे रातों को सोने नहीं दिया।
Worry about money didn't let him sleep at night.
(paison kii fikar ne use raaton ko sone nahiin diyaa।)
अगर तुम इतनी फ़िकर करते तो पहले ही बता देते।
If you worried this much, you would have told me earlier.
(agar tum itnii fikar karte to pahle hii bataa dete।)
काश उसे मेरी फ़िकर होती।
I wish he worried about me.
(kaash use merii fikar hotii।)
बच्चों की पढ़ाई की फ़िकर हर माँ-बाप को लगी रहती है।
Every parent stays gripped by worry about their children's studies.
(bachchon kii padhaaii kii fikar har maan-baap ko lagii rahtii hai।)
तू फ़िकर छोड़ और अपना काम कर।
Drop the worry and do your work.
(too fikar chhod aur apnaa kaam kar।)
क्या तुम्हें ज़रा भी फ़िकर नहीं है?
Don't you have even a little worry?
(kyaa tumhen zaraa bhii fikar nahiin hai?)
मुझे इस बात की कोई फ़िकर नहीं कि लोग क्या कहेंगे।
I have no worry about what people will say.
(mujhe is baat kii koii fikar nahiin ki log kyaa kahenge।)
आपको इतनी फ़िकर करने की ज़रूरत नहीं है, हम सब संभाल लेंगे।
You don't need to worry this much, we will handle everything.
(aapko itnii fikar karne kii zaroorat nahiin hai, ham sab sambhaal lenge।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
फ़िकर
(fikar)
(sg.f.oblique):
फ़िकर
(fikar)
(pl.f.direct):
फ़िकरें
(fikren)
(pl.f.oblique):
फ़िकरों
(fikron)