Etymology

fakir

fa·kir
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Today it means: A religious mendicant who owns no personal property. Full definition →

Arabic فَقِير
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromفَقِير
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromفَقِير
  3. English todayfakir

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.