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fakir.

A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fəˈkiɹ//fəˈkɪəɹ//fɑˈkiɹ//ˈfeɪkəɹ/
  1. A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.

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

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

    derogatory
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.