fakir

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a Muslim holy man without possessions who lives by asking other people for money or food (= by BEGGING)

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

fakirEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary fakirEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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Is fakir a noun, verb, or something else?

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