fakir

Meaning

1. A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
2. (Hinduism) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
3. (derogatory) Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.

Synonyms

faqir

fakeer

faquir

Translations

fakir

fachiro

Fakir

faquir

φακίρης

faquir

fakir

faquir

fakir

derviş

hint fakiri

فَقِير

faquir

fakir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈkiɹ/

Etymology

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