faquir
English edit
Noun edit
faquir (plural faquirs)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr), via either English or French.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
faquir m (plural faquirs)
Further reading edit
- “faquir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
faquir m (plural faquirs)
- fakir (all meanings)
Further reading edit
- “faquir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fa‧quir
Noun edit
faquir m (plural faquires or (rare) faquirs)
- (Hindu) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
faquir m (plural faquires)
- (Hindu) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)
Further reading edit
- “faquir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014