qalandar

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Etymology

From Classical Persian قلندر (qalandar), possibly a re-borrowing through Arabic of original Persian کلندر (kalandar) "a rough, uncouth man" from Classical Persian کلند (kaland, kuland) "rough, unshaved, unsmoothed".

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Noun

qalandar (plural qalandars)

  1. A wandering ascetic Sufi dervish.

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