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): (Valencian) [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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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.

• Hyphenation: fa‧quir

faquir m (plural faquires or (rare) faquirs)

1. (Hindu) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)

faquir m (plural faquires)

1. (Hindu) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)

• “faquir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014