faquir

English

Noun

faquir (plural faquirs)

1. Obsolete spelling of fakir.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr), via either English or French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈkir]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈkir]

Noun

faquir m (plural faquirs)

1. (Islam) faqir
2. fakir (a Hindu acestic, especially one who performs physical feats)

Further reading

• “faquir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.kiʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

faquir m (plural faquirs)

1. fakir (all meanings)

Further reading

• “faquir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈki(ʁ)/ [faˈki(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈki(ʁ)/ [faˈki(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /faˈki(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /faˈki(ʁ)/ [faˈki(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈki(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈkiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈkiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈki.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iʁ, -i, (Portugal) -iɾ
• Hyphenation: fa‧quir

Noun

faquir m (plural faquires or (rare) faquirs)

1. (Islam) faqir (a religious mendicant who owns no personal property)
2. (Hinduism) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)

Derived terms

• faquiriano
• faquirismo
• faquirizar

Further reading

• “faquir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “faquir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈkiɾ/ [faˈkiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧quir

Noun

faquir m (plural faquires)

1. (Islam) faqir (a religious mendicant who owns no personal property)
2. (Hinduism) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)

Further reading

• “faquir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10