Meaning

3 senses
  1. A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.

    a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man

  2. (Hinduism)An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.

    Fakir

    факи́рfakír

  3. (derogatory)Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. A fallen fakir is in the mosque.

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  2. The fakir sat on a bed of nails.

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  3. The fakir lied down on a bed of nails.

    ruФакир лёг на кровать из гвоздей.

    deDer Fakir legte sich auf ein Nagelbrett.

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  4. Tom is a fakir.

    ruТом — факир.

    deTom ist Fakir.

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  5. The word “fakir” comes from Arabic and means “poor, wretched, beggar.”

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
ascetic mendicant:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ascetic mendicant:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: fakirs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfakirism

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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