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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
fa·kir       [fuh-keer, fey-ker] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or mendicant monk commonly considered a wonder-worker.
2.a member of any Islamic religious order; dervish.
Also, fa·keer       [fuh-keer] Pronunciation Key.


[Origin: 1600–10; < Ar faqīr poor]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fa·kir       (fə-kîr', fä-, fā-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A Muslim religious mendicant.
  2. A Hindu ascetic or religious mendicant, especially one who performs feats of magic or endurance.


[From Arabic faqīr, poor, from faqura, to be poor, be needy; see pqr in Semitic roots.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fakir 
1609, from Arabic faqir "a poor man," from faqura "he was poor." Term for Muslim holy man who lived by begging, misapplied in 19c. Eng. (possibly under influence of faker) to Hindu ascetics. Arabic plural form fuqara may have lead to variant early Eng. forms such as fuckiere (1638).

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fakir

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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Fakir

Fa"kir\, n. [Ar. faq[=i]r poor.] An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also faquir anf fakeer.]

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Fakir

Fa"kir\, n. [Prob. confused with Fakir an oriental ascetic.] See Faker.

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