فاقه fāqa for A. فاقة fāqat; rt. فوق, of which viii افتاق iftāqa = ʻto be poor,' c.
P فاقه fāqa (for A. فاقة fāqat; rt. فوق, of which viii افتاق iftāqa = ʻto be poor,' &c.), s.m. Poverty, want, need, destitution; starving, starvation, hunger; fasting, a fast (from want, not as a religious duty):—fāqa karnā, v.n. To go without food, to fast (from want, or ill-health):—fāqa-kash, adj. & s.m. Starving, famished, hungry;—a famished person; one who fasts (from necessity):—fāqa-kashī, s.f. Fasting (from necessity), endurance of hunger, starvation:—fāqa khaiṅćnā, or fāqoṅ-marnā, To starve, to be famished, to die of hunger, perish of (necessitated and repeated) fasts:—fāqa-mast, s.m. One who is starving but conceals his distress; one who is cheerful and jolly in the midst of poverty;—a poor starveling who affects the airs of a wealthy man:—fāqa-mastī, s.f. Cheerfulness, &c. in want or adversity:—fāqoṅ-kā mārā, adj. & s.m. Starving, perishing of hunger;—one who is famished, a starveling:—fāqoṅ marnā, v.n. =fāqa khaiṅćnā, q.v.
