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• /pʊɚ/ without the pour–poor merger
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• /pɔɹ/ pour–poor merger
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• /pɔː/ pour–poor merger
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• archaic: /pʊə/ without the pour–poor merger
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /pʉːɹ/
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• Northumbria: /puːɐ/
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• Ireland: /puːɹ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /poː/
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• /pur/ South Asia, rhotic
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• /ˈpʊwə(r)/ South Asia, non-rhotic
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• [ˈpu(ː)(ʋ)ə(ɾ)] South Asia, non-rhotic
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• /po(r)/ South Asia, non-rhotic; pour–poor merger
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• /poʊ/ non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular
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• rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• homophone: pour
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• homophone: pore (pour–poor merger)
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• homophone: paw (paw–poor merger)
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• homophone: Poe (show–sure merger)
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh2w- Proto-Indo-European *perh3-? Proto-Indo-European *peh2w(o)p(o)rh3o- Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-? Latin dīvesinflu. Latin pauper Old French povrebor. Middle English povre English poor Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure, from Latin pauper, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh2w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper. Displanced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”, from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”, from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)) and almost fully arm.

509 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: arm — with few or no possessions or money
• Aghwan: 𐕄𐔼𐕎𐕒𐕡𐔸 (ḳinut) — with few or no possessions or money
• Albanian: varfër — with few or no possessions or money
• Southern Altai: бакыр (bakïr) — with few or no possessions or money
• Southern Altai: јоксус (ǰoksus) — with few or no possessions or money
• Southern Altai: јокту (ǰoktu) — with few or no possessions or money
• Arabic: فَقِير (faqīr) — with few or no possessions or money
• Arabic: فقير (faʔīr) — with few or no possessions or money
• Arabic: فقير (fagīr) — with few or no possessions or money
• Armenian: աղքատ (aġkʻat) — with few or no possessions or money
• Armenian: չքավոր (čʻkʻavor) — with few or no possessions or money
• Armenian: քյասիբ (kʻyasib) — with few or no possessions or money
• Aromanian: aruptu — with few or no possessions or money
• Aromanian: discultsu — with few or no possessions or money
• Aromanian: caimen — with few or no possessions or money
• Aromanian: ftoh — with few or no possessions or money
• Aromanian: ftohu — with few or no possessions or money
• Aromanian: oarfãn — with few or no possessions or money
• Aromanian: fucãrã — with few or no possessions or money
• Asturian: probe — with few or no possessions or money
• Azerbaijani: kasıb — with few or no possessions or money
• Azerbaijani: yoxsul — with few or no possessions or money
• Azerbaijani: fağır — with few or no possessions or money
• Azerbaijani: füqəra — with few or no possessions or money
• Azerbaijani: fağır-füqarə — with few or no possessions or money
• Azerbaijani: kasıb-kusub — with few or no possessions or money
• Azerbaijani: imkansız — with few or no possessions or money
• Bashkir: ярлы (yarlı) — with few or no possessions or money
• Basque: behartsu — with few or no possessions or money
• Belarusian: бе́дны (bjédny) — with few or no possessions or money
• Bengali: গরীব (gorib) — with few or no possessions or money
• Bengali: দরিদ্র (doridro) — with few or no possessions or money
• Bengali: মিসকিন (miśokin) — with few or no possessions or money
• Bengali: বেচারা (becara) — with few or no possessions or money
• Bhojpuri: गरीब (garīb) — with few or no possessions or money
• Central Bikol: pobre — with few or no possessions or money
• Central Bikol: mahidap — with few or no possessions or money
• Breton: paour — with few or no possessions or money
• Bulgarian: бе́ден (béden) — with few or no possessions or money
• Burmese: ဆင်းရဲ (hcang:rai:) — with few or no possessions or money
• Catalan: pobre — with few or no possessions or money
• Chamicuro: pople — with few or no possessions or money
• Chinese Cantonese: 窮 /穷 (kung4) — with few or no possessions or money
• Eastern Min Chinese: 窮 /穷 (gṳ̀ng) — with few or no possessions or money
• Chinese Mandarin: 貧窮 /贫穷 (pínqióng) — with few or no possessions or money
• Chinese Mandarin: 貧乏 /贫乏 (pínfá) — with few or no possessions or money
• Chinese Mandarin: 窮 /穷 (qióng) — with few or no possessions or money
• Chinese Mandarin: 窮困 /穷困 (qióngkùn) — with few or no possessions or money
• Czech: chudý — with few or no possessions or money
• Dalmatian: pauper — with few or no possessions or money
• Danish: fattig — with few or no possessions or money
• Dutch: arm — with few or no possessions or money
• Dutch: armoedig — with few or no possessions or money
• Dutch: berooid — with few or no possessions or money
• Elfdalian: fattin — with few or no possessions or money
• Emilian: pôver — with few or no possessions or money
• Esperanto: malriĉa — with few or no possessions or money
• Estonian: vaene — with few or no possessions or money
• Faroese: fátækur — with few or no possessions or money
• Finnish: köyhä — with few or no possessions or money
• French: pauvre — with few or no possessions or money
• West-Frisian: earm — with few or no possessions or money
• Friulian: puar — with few or no possessions or money
• Friulian: pùar — with few or no possessions or money
• Galician: pobre — with few or no possessions or money
• Georgian: ღარიბი (ɣaribi) — with few or no possessions or money
• German: arm — with few or no possessions or money
• German: àrm — with few or no possessions or money
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌴𐌸𐍃 (unlēþs) — with few or no possessions or money
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (arms) — with few or no possessions or money
• Greek: φτωχός (ftochós) — with few or no possessions or money
• Ancient Greek: πένης (pénēs) — with few or no possessions or money
• Ancient Greek: πτωχός (ptōkhós) — with few or no possessions or money
• Greenlandic: piitsoq — with few or no possessions or money
• Gujarati: રાંકું (rā̃kũ) — with few or no possessions or money
• Gujarati: ગરીબ (garīb) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hawaiian: hoʻohune — with few or no possessions or money
• Hawaiian: hoʻoʻilihune — with few or no possessions or money
• Hebrew: עָנִי (ani) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hebrew: דלת העם (dalat ha'am) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hindi: ग़रीब (ġarīb) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hindi: दीन (dīn) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hindi: फ़क़ीर (faqīr) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hindi: फकीर (phakīr) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hindi: मिस्कीन (miskīn) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hindi: बेचारा (becārā) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hindi: गरीब (garīb) — with few or no possessions or money
• Hittite: 𒀀𒅆𒉿𒀭𒍝 (a-ši-wa-a-an-za) — with few or no possessions or money
• White Hmong: kob huam — with few or no possessions or money
• Hungarian: szegény — with few or no possessions or money
• Icelandic: fátækur — with few or no possessions or money
• Ido: povra — with few or no possessions or money
• Indonesian: miskin — with few or no possessions or money
• Ingush: къе (qʼe) — with few or no possessions or money
• Interlingua: povre — with few or no possessions or money
• Inuttitut: ajutsak — with few or no possessions or money
• Inuttitut: annguvik — with few or no possessions or money
• Irish: bocht — with few or no possessions or money
• Irish: daibhir — with few or no possessions or money
• Irish: dearóil — with few or no possessions or money
• Italian: povero — with few or no possessions or money
• Japanese: 貧しい (mazushii) — with few or no possessions or money
• Japanese: 貧乏な (binbō na) — with few or no possessions or money
• Javanese: mlarat — with few or no possessions or money
• Kazakh: кедей (kedei) — with few or no possessions or money
• Kazakh: жарлы (jarly) — with few or no possessions or money
• Khmer: ក្រ (krɑɑ) — with few or no possessions or money
• Korean: 가난하다 (gananhada) — with few or no possessions or money
• Korean: 빈곤하다 (bin'gonhada) — with few or no possessions or money
• Kumyk: пакъыр (paqır) — with few or no possessions or money
• Central Kurdish: دەست کورت (dest kurt) — with few or no possessions or money
• Central Kurdish: ھەژار (hejar) — with few or no possessions or money
• Central Kurdish: فەقیر (feqîr) — with few or no possessions or money
• Northern Kurdish: feqîr — with few or no possessions or money
• Northern Kurdish: xizan — with few or no possessions or money
• Kyrgyz: жарды (jardı) — with few or no possessions or money
• Kyrgyz: кедей (kedey) — with few or no possessions or money
• Ladin: puere — with few or no possessions or money
• Ladino: prove — with few or no possessions or money
• Lao: ຈົນ (chon) — with few or no possessions or money
• Lao: ທຸກຈົນ (thuk chon) — with few or no possessions or money
• Latin: pauper — with few or no possessions or money
• Latin: egens — with few or no possessions or money
• Latvian: nabags — with few or no possessions or money
• Ligurian: pöveo — with few or no possessions or money
• Ligurian: poveru — with few or no possessions or money
• Limburgish: erm — with few or no possessions or money
• Lithuanian: skurdus — with few or no possessions or money
• Lithuanian: vargingas — with few or no possessions or money
• Livonian: joutõm — with few or no possessions or money
• Lombard: pover — with few or no possessions or money
• Lombard: por — with few or no possessions or money
• Lü: ᦷᦑᧅᦕᦱᧃ (tokṗhaan) — with few or no possessions or money
• Luxembourgish: aarm — with few or no possessions or money
• Macedonian: сиромашен (siromašen) — with few or no possessions or money
• Malay: miskin — with few or no possessions or money
• Maltese: fqir — with few or no possessions or money
• Māori: pōhara — with few or no possessions or money
• Maranao: miskin — with few or no possessions or money
• Marathi: गरीब (garīb) — with few or no possessions or money
• Marathi: दीन (dīn) — with few or no possessions or money
• Mirandese: probe — with few or no possessions or money
• Mizo: rethei — with few or no possessions or money
• Mongolian: ядуу (jaduu) — with few or no possessions or money
• Khiamniungan Naga: āngtsō — with few or no possessions or money
• Khiamniungan Naga: ūmhìe — with few or no possessions or money
• Navajo: doo atʼį́į da — with few or no possessions or money
• Norman: pauvre — with few or no possessions or money
• Norman: pouôrre — with few or no possessions or money
• Norwegian Bokmål: fattig — with few or no possessions or money
• Norwegian Bokmål: blakk — with few or no possessions or money
• Occitan: paure — with few or no possessions or money
• Old English: earm — with few or no possessions or money
• Pashto: بېچاره (bečāra) — with few or no possessions or money
• Pashto: غريب (ǧarib) — with few or no possessions or money
• Pashto: فقير (faqir) — with few or no possessions or money
• Pennsylvania German: arm — with few or no possessions or money
• Pennsylvania German: aarem — with few or no possessions or money
• Persian: فقیر (faqir) — with few or no possessions or money
• Persian: مسکین (meskin) — with few or no possessions or money
• Piedmontese: pòver — with few or no possessions or money
• Plautdietsch: oam — with few or no possessions or money
• Polish: biedny — with few or no possessions or money
• Polish: ubogi — with few or no possessions or money
• Portuguese: pobre — with few or no possessions or money
• Portuguese: necessitado — with few or no possessions or money
• Portuguese: humilde — with few or no possessions or money
• Portuguese: empobrecido — with few or no possessions or money
• Quechua: wakcha — with few or no possessions or money
• Romani: ćorro — with few or no possessions or money
• Romanian: sărac — with few or no possessions or money
• Romanian: sărman — with few or no possessions or money
• Romanian: pauper — with few or no possessions or money
• Romanian: mizer — with few or no possessions or money
• Romanian: nevoiaș — with few or no possessions or money
• Romansh: pauper — with few or no possessions or money
• Romansh: pover — with few or no possessions or money
• Russian: бе́дный (bédnyj) — with few or no possessions or money
• Russian: ни́щий (níščij) — with few or no possessions or money
• Northern Sami: geafi — with few or no possessions or money
• Sanskrit: दीन (dīna) — with few or no possessions or money
• Sanskrit: ध्रिगु (dhrigu) — with few or no possessions or money
• Sardinian: poaru — with few or no possessions or money
• Sardinian: pobaru — with few or no possessions or money
• Sardinian: poberu — with few or no possessions or money
• Scots: puir — with few or no possessions or money
• Scottish Gaelic: truagh — with few or no possessions or money
• Scottish Gaelic: bochd — with few or no possessions or money
• Serbo-Croatian: сиро̀машан — with few or no possessions or money
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏бог — with few or no possessions or money
• Serbo-Croatian: бе̑дан — with few or no possessions or money
• Serbo-Croatian: бије̑дан — with few or no possessions or money
• Serbo-Croatian: siròmašan — with few or no possessions or money
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕbog — with few or no possessions or money
• Serbo-Croatian: bȇdan — with few or no possessions or money
• Serbo-Croatian: bijȇdan — with few or no possessions or money
• Sicilian: pòviru — with few or no possessions or money
• Sicilian: pòvuru — with few or no possessions or money
• Sicilian: povru — with few or no possessions or money
• Slovak: chudobný — with few or no possessions or money
• Slovak: biedny — with few or no possessions or money
• Slovene: reven — with few or no possessions or money
• Slovene: ubog — with few or no possessions or money
• Somali: sabool — with few or no possessions or money
• Lower Sorbian: chudy — with few or no possessions or money
• Upper Sorbian: chudy — with few or no possessions or money
• Spanish: mishio — with few or no possessions or money
• Spanish: misio — with few or no possessions or money
• Swahili: maskini — with few or no possessions or money
• Swedish: fattig — with few or no possessions or money
• Tagalog: mahirap — with few or no possessions or money
• Tagalog: dukha — with few or no possessions or money
• Tagalog: maralita — with few or no possessions or money
• Tajik: камбағал (kambaġal) — with few or no possessions or money
• Tajik: бечора (bečora) — with few or no possessions or money
• Tajik: фақир (faqir) — with few or no possessions or money
• Tamil: ஏழை (ēḻai) — with few or no possessions or money
• Tamil: ஏழ்மையான (ēḻmaiyāṉa) — with few or no possessions or money
• Tamil: வறுமையான (vaṟumaiyāṉa) — with few or no possessions or money
• Tatar: ярлы (yarlı) — with few or no possessions or money
• Tatar: фәкыйрь (fäqir) — with few or no possessions or money
• Telugu: బీద (bīda) — with few or no possessions or money
• Telugu: పేద (pēda) — with few or no possessions or money
• Thai: จน (jon) — with few or no possessions or money
• Thai: ยากจน (yaak-jon) — with few or no possessions or money
• Tibetan: སྐྱོ་པོ (skyo po) — with few or no possessions or money
• Tocharian B: snaitstse — with few or no possessions or money
• Turkish: fakir — with few or no possessions or money
• Turkish: yoksul — with few or no possessions or money
• Turkish: züğürt — with few or no possessions or money
• Turkish: fukara — with few or no possessions or money
• Turkish: kembağal — with few or no possessions or money
• Ottoman Turkish: یوقسول (yoksul) — with few or no possessions or money
• Ottoman Turkish: فقیر (fakir) — with few or no possessions or money
• Turkmen: garyp — with few or no possessions or money
• Turkmen: biçäre — with few or no possessions or money
• Udi: касиб (kasib) — with few or no possessions or money
• Udmurt: куанер (kuańer) — with few or no possessions or money
• Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎁𐎊𐎐 (ảbyn) — with few or no possessions or money
• Ukrainian: бі́дний (bídnyj) — with few or no possessions or money
• Unami: tashuku — with few or no possessions or money
• Urdu: غریب (ġarīb) — with few or no possessions or money
• Urdu: دین (dīn) — with few or no possessions or money
• Uyghur: كەمبەغەل (kembeghel) — with few or no possessions or money
• Uyghur: پېقىر (pëqir) — with few or no possessions or money
• Uyghur: بىچارە (bichare) — with few or no possessions or money
• Uzbek: kambagʻal — with few or no possessions or money
• Uzbek: faqir — with few or no possessions or money
• Uzbek: gʻarib — with few or no possessions or money
• Uzbek: bechora — with few or no possessions or money
• Venetan: poro — with few or no possessions or money
• Venetan: poaro — with few or no possessions or money
• Venetan: povaro — with few or no possessions or money
• Venetan: pore — with few or no possessions or money
• Vietnamese: nghèo — with few or no possessions or money
• Vietnamese: khó — with few or no possessions or money
• Volapük: pöfik — with few or no possessions or money
• Walloon: pôve — with few or no possessions or money
• Walloon: målureus — with few or no possessions or money
• Welsh: tlawd — with few or no possessions or money
• Welsh: llwm — with few or no possessions or money
• Yiddish: אָרעם (orem) — with few or no possessions or money
• Yiddish: דלותדיק (dálesdik) — with few or no possessions or money
• Yiddish: בדלות (bedales) — with few or no possessions or money
• Armenian: վատ (vat) — of low quality
• Armenian: ստից (sticʻ) — of low quality
• Bulgarian: лош (loš) — of low quality
• Bulgarian: лошокачествен (lošokačestven) — of low quality
• Bulgarian: калпав (kalpav) — of low quality
• Catalan: pobre — of low quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 貧乏 /贫乏 (pínfá) — of low quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 糟糕 (zāogāo) — of low quality
• Czech: nevalný — of low quality
• Finnish: huono — of low quality
• Finnish: kehno — of low quality
• Finnish: heikkolaatuinen — of low quality
• Finnish: surkea — of low quality
• French: piètre — of low quality
• Galician: pobre — of low quality
• German: armselig — of low quality
• Greek: φτωχός (ftochós) — of low quality
• Ancient Greek: φαῦλος (phaûlos) — of low quality
• Hungarian: gyatra — of low quality
• Hungarian: ócska — of low quality
• Hungarian: silány — of low quality
• Ido: nebona — of low quality
• Indonesian: buruk — of low quality
• Irish: bocht — of low quality
• Italian: misero — of low quality
• Japanese: 劣る (otoru) — of low quality
• Japanese: 拙い (mazui, tsutanai) — of low quality
• Japanese: 粗末な (somatsu na) — of low quality
• Japanese: 下手な (heta na) — of low quality
• Central Kurdish: خەراپ (xerap) — of low quality
• Central Kurdish: بێ قیمەت (bê qîmet) — of low quality
• Luxembourgish: aarmséileg — of low quality
• Macedonian: лош (loš) — of low quality
• Malay: teruk — of low quality
• Norwegian: dårlig — of low quality
• Norwegian: elendig — of low quality
• Old English: earm — of low quality
• Persian: ضعیف (za'if) — of low quality
• Polish: nędzny — of low quality
• Portuguese: fraco — of low quality
• Portuguese: ruim — of low quality
• Romanian: prost — of low quality
• Romanian: slab — of low quality
• Russian: плохо́й (ploxój) — of low quality
• Russian: сла́бый (slábyj) — of low quality
• Russian: убо́гий (ubógij) — of low quality
• Scottish Gaelic: bochd — of low quality
• Slovene: slàb — of low quality
• Spanish: pobre — of low quality
• Spanish: cutre — of low quality
• Swedish: dålig — of low quality
• Swedish: undermålig — of low quality
• Swedish: eländig — of low quality
• Swedish: miserabel — of low quality
• Swedish: usel — of low quality
• Telugu: నాసి (nāsi) — of low quality
• Telugu: నాసి రకం (nāsi rakaṁ) — of low quality
• Turkish: berbat — of low quality
• Turkish: zayıf — of low quality
• Turkish: kötü — of low quality
• Ukrainian: пога́ний (pohányj) — of low quality
• Walloon: pôve — of low quality
• Walloon: fayé — of low quality
• Walloon: saké — of low quality
• Afrikaans: arme — used to express pity
• Albanian: mjerë — used to express pity
• Albanian: ngratë — used to express pity
• Arabic: مِسْكِين (miskīn) — used to express pity
• Arabic: مسكين (maskīn) — used to express pity
• Arabic: مَسْكين (maskīn) — used to express pity
• Arabic: غَلْبَان (ḡalbān) — used to express pity
• Armenian: խեղճ (xeġč) — used to express pity
• Armenian: ողորմելի (oġormeli) — used to express pity
• Asturian: probe — used to express pity
• Azerbaijani: yazıq — used to express pity
• Bulgarian: жалък (žalǎk) — used to express pity
• Catalan: pobre — used to express pity
• Chinese Mandarin: 可憐 /可怜 (kělián) — used to express pity
• Czech: nebohý — used to express pity
• Danish: stakkels — used to express pity
• Dutch: arm — used to express pity
• Dutch: arme — used to express pity
• Dutch: beklagenswaardig — used to express pity
• Esperanto: bedaŭrinda — used to express pity
• Esperanto: kompatinda — used to express pity
• Finnish: raukka — used to express pity
• Finnish: rukka — used to express pity
• Finnish: rassu — used to express pity
• Finnish: raasu — used to express pity
• Finnish: poloinen — used to express pity
• French: pitoyable — used to express pity
• French: pauvre — used to express pity
• West-Frisian: earm — used to express pity
• Galician: pobre — used to express pity
• Georgian: საწყალი (sac̣q̇ali) — used to express pity
• German: arm — used to express pity
• Greek: καημένος (kaïménos) — used to express pity
• Greek: κακομοίρης (kakomoíris) — used to express pity
• Greek: ταλαίπωρος (talaíporos) — used to express pity
• Gujarati: બિચારું (bicārũ) — used to express pity
• Hebrew: מִסְכֵּן (miskén) — used to express pity
• Hebrew: אומלל \ אֻמְלַל ('umlál) — used to express pity
• Hindi: मिस्कीन (miskīn) — used to express pity
• Hindi: बदबख्त (badbakht) — used to express pity
• Hindi: बेचारा (becārā) — used to express pity
• Hungarian: szegény — used to express pity
• Indonesian: malang — used to express pity
• Ingrian: poloin — used to express pity
• Ingush: миска (miska) — used to express pity
• Interlingua: povre — used to express pity
• Irish: bocht — used to express pity
• Italian: povero — used to express pity
• Japanese: 哀れな — used to express pity
• Japanese: かわいそうな (kawaisō na) — used to express pity
• Central Kurdish: گوناح (gunaḧ) — used to express pity
• Latin: miser — used to express pity
• Latvian: nabags — used to express pity
• Luxembourgish: aarm — used to express pity
• Norman: pauvre — used to express pity
• Norwegian: stakkars — used to express pity
• Old English: earm — used to express pity
• Persian: بدبخت (badbaxt) — used to express pity
• Persian: بیچاره (bičâre) — used to express pity
• Persian: طفلک (teflak) — used to express pity
• Persian: طفلی (tefli) — used to express pity
• Polish: biedny — used to express pity
• Portuguese: pobre — used to express pity
• Portuguese: coitado — used to express pity
• Romanian: amărât — used to express pity
• Romanian: biet — used to express pity
• Russian: бе́дный (bédnyj) — used to express pity
• Russian: жа́лкий (žálkij) — used to express pity
• Russian: несча́стный (nesčástnyj) — used to express pity
• Russian: вызыва́ющий жа́лость (vyzyvájuščij žálostʹ) — used to express pity
• Scottish Gaelic: truagh — used to express pity
• Spanish: pobre — used to express pity
• Swahili: maskini — used to express pity
• Swedish: stackars — used to express pity
• Swedish: miserabel — used to express pity
• Tamil: பாவம் (pāvam) — used to express pity
• Telugu: పాపం (pāpaṁ) — used to express pity
• Turkish: zavallı — used to express pity
• Turkish: perişan — used to express pity
• Turkish: rezil — used to express pity
• Ottoman Turkish: فقیر (fakir) — used to express pity
• Ukrainian: бі́дний (bídnyj) — used to express pity
• Ukrainian: жалюгі́дний (žaljuhídnyj) — used to express pity
• Vietnamese: tội nghiệp — used to express pity
• Vietnamese: tội — used to express pity
• Vietnamese: đáng thương — used to express pity
• Walloon: pôve — used to express pity
• Walloon: pitieus — used to express pity
• Walloon: målureus — used to express pity
• Welsh: truenus — used to express pity
• Yiddish: בידנע (bidne) — used to express pity
• Afrikaans: arm — deficient in a specified way
• Bulgarian: бе́ден (béden) — deficient in a specified way
• Chinese Mandarin: 貧乏 /贫乏 (pínfá) — deficient in a specified way
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺乏 (quēfá) — deficient in a specified way
• Finnish: -köyhä — deficient in a specified way
• Hungarian: szegény — deficient in a specified way
• Persian: کم داشتن (kam dâštan) — deficient in a specified way
• Spanish: poco — deficient in a specified way
• Bulgarian: жалък (žalǎk) — inadequate, insufficient
• Chinese Mandarin: 不足 (bùzú) — inadequate, insufficient
• Finnish: riittämätön — inadequate, insufficient
• Hungarian: vajmi kevés — inadequate, insufficient
• Turkish: az — inadequate, insufficient
• Bulgarian: невзра́чен (nevzráčen) — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Chinese Mandarin: 虛心 /虚心 (xūxīn) — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Chinese Mandarin: 謙虛 /谦虚 (qiānxū) — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Finnish: nöyrä — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Finnish: vaatimaton — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Finnish: köyhä — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Hungarian: lelki/lélekben szegény — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Hungarian: szerény — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Hungarian: alázatos — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Japanese: 謙遜 (kenson) — free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
• Afrikaans: armes — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Albanian: bercul — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Albanian: varfanjak — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Arabic: فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Armenian: աղքատները (aġkʻatnerə) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Bengali: দরিদ্র (doridro) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Bengali: গরীব (gorib) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Bengali: ফকির (phokir) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Breton: peorien — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Bulgarian: бедните (bednite) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Catalan: pobres — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Ngazidja Comorian: mafukara — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Czech: chudí — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Danish: fattige — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Danish: fattigfolk — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Dutch: armen — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Finnish: köyhät — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• French: pauvres — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Galician: pobres — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• German: Arme — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Greek: φτωχοί (ftochoí) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Ancient Greek: πτωχοί (ptōkhoí) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Hindi: फ़क़ीर (faqīr) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Hindi: फकीर (phakīr) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Hungarian: szegények — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Irish: na boicht — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Irish: na bochtáin — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Italian: poveri — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Latin: pauperēs — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Luxembourgish: Aarm — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Marathi: गरीब (garīb) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Plautdietsch: Oame — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Polish: biedacy — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Polish: nędznicy — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Portuguese: pobres — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Romanian: săraci — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Romanian: nevoiași — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Russian: бе́дные (bédnyje) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Serbo-Croatian: sirotinja — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Serbo-Croatian: siromašni — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Serbo-Croatian: fukara — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Serbo-Croatian: mizerija — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Sicilian: pòviri — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Sicilian: mischini — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Old Slovak: holota — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Spanish: pobres — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Spanish: mishios — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Swahili: maskini — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Swedish: fattig — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Tamil: ஏழை (ēḻai) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Telugu: పేదలు (pēdalu) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Turkish: fakir — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Turkish: fukara — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Ottoman Turkish: فقیر (fakir) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Ottoman Turkish: درویش (derviş) — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Walloon: pôve — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Walloon: mizeråve — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Walloon: minåve — the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society
• Afrikaans: arme — poor person
• Bulgarian: бедняк (bednjak) — poor person
• Bulgarian: беднячка (bednjačka) — poor person
• German: Armer — poor person
• Irish: bochtán — poor person
• Bulgarian: обеднявам (obednjavam) — to make poor
• Bulgarian: обедня (obednja) — to make poor
• Bulgarian: обеднявам (obednjavam) — to become poor
• Bulgarian: обеднея (obedneja) — to become poor