faquir

faquir (plural faquirs)

1. Obsolete spelling of fakir.

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr), via either English or French.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈkir]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈkir]

faquir m (plural faquirs)

1. (Islam) faqir
2. fakir (a Hindu acestic, especially one who performs physical feats)

• “faquir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man”).

• IPA^(key): /fa.kiʁ/

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faquir m (plural faquirs)

1. fakir (all meanings)

• “faquir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iʁ, -i, (Portugal) -iɾ
• Hyphenation: fa‧quir

faquir m (plural faquires or (rare) faquirs)

1. (Islam) faqir (a religious mendicant who owns no personal property)
2. (Hinduism) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)

• “faquir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “faquir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

• IPA^(key): /faˈkiɾ/ [faˈkiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧quir

faquir m (plural faquires)

1. (Islam) faqir (a religious mendicant who owns no personal property)
2. (Hinduism) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)

• “faquir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024