बिचारा

• बेचारा (becārā)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیچاره‎ (bēčāra, “poor, helpless, pathetic”), from بی‎ (bê, “without”) +‎ چاره‎ (čâra, “help”). Compare Punjabi ਵਿਚਾਰਾ (vicārā) / وِچارا‎ (vicārā), Gujarati બિચારું (bicārũ), Marathi बिचारे (bicāre), Bengali বেচারা (becara), Assamese বেচেৰা (besera).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɪ.t͡ʃɑː.ɾɑː/, [bɪ.t͡ʃäː.ɾäː]

बिचारा • (bicārā) (Urdu spelling بچارا‎)

1. helpless
2. forlorn
3. unfortunate, poor

   बेचारे बच्चे गुम हो गये। ― becāre bacce gum ho gaye. ― The unfortunate children were lost.

बिचारा • (bicārā) m (Urdu spelling بچارا‎)

1. a helpless person (used in pity)
2. poor creature
3. poor wretch

   बिचारा गिरा और मर गया। ― bicārā girā aur mar gayā. ― The unfortunate fellow fell down and died.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बे-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “बिचारा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.