Etymology

qalandar

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Today it means: A wandering ascetic Sufi dervish. Full definition →

Classical Persian قلندر ← Persian کلندر
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromکلند
  2. Persian · borrowed fromکلندر
  3. Classical Persian · borrowed fromقلندر
  4. English todayqalandar

From Classical Persian قلندر (qalandar), possibly a re-borrowing through Arabic of original Persian کلندر (kalandar) "a rough, uncouth man" from Classical Persian کلند (kaland, kuland) "rough, unshaved, unsmoothed".

Words from the same roots

Classical Persianقلندر all →

calender

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