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fakir

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fa·kir  (f-kîr, fä-, f-)
n.
1. A Muslim religious mendicant.
2. A Hindu ascetic or religious mendicant, especially one who performs feats of magic or endurance.
[From Arabic faqr, poor, from faqura, to be poor, be needy; see pqr in Semitic roots.]
fakir, faqir [fəˈkɪə ˈfeɪkə], fakeer [fəˈkɪə]
n
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Islam) a Muslim ascetic who rejects wordly possessions
2. (Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a Hindu ascetic mendicant or holy man
[from Arabic faqīr poor]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fakir - a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy manfakir - a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
fakeer, faqir, faquir
Moslem, Muslim - a believer in or follower of Islam
dervish - an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
holy man, holy person, saint, angel - person of exceptional holiness
Translations
fakir [ˈfɑːkɪəʳ] N → faquir m
fakir
n → Fakir m
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Can you tell me how the Indian fakir can make himself to die and have been buried, and his grave sealed and corn sowed on it, and the corn reaped and be cut and sown and reaped and cut again, and then men come and take away the unbroken seal and that there lie the Indian fakir, not dead, but that rise up and walk amongst them as before?
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As they went they seemed to wake something, as one startles a bird, in the deeper corner between the study and the main building; and again they saw the white-robed fakir slide out of the shadow, and slip round towards the front door.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
I found him in the hands of a fakir, and took the liberty of running him just as he was sent over.
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