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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"word": "téʼéʼį́"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "felâkat",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"word": "فلاکت"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penúria"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indigência"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nuždá",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нужда́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "niščetá",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нищета́"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"word": "puirtith"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "airc"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"word": "indigencia"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"word": "ufukara"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"word": "armod"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlydni",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "злидні"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vbohistʹ",
"sense": "extreme state of poverty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вбогість"
}
],
"word": "destitution"
}
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