Faquir

Definition: Faquir

Faquir

Noun

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

Date "faquir" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references)

Synonyms: Faquir

Synonyms: fakeer (n), fakir (n), faqir (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Faquir

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Clergy	Mullah, muezzin, ayatollah; ulema, imaum, imam, sheik; sufi; kahin, kassis; mufti, hadji, dervish; fakir, faquir; brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi; druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Faquir

Non-English Usage: "Faquir" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (falchion), Spanish (fakir).

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Modern Usage: Faquir

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	El Faquir (1947)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Faquir

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
faquir	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Faquir

Language		Translations for "faquir"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		факир (fakir, whiz). (various references)

Czech		fakír. (various references)

Hungarian		fakír (fakir). (various references)

Pig Latin		aquirfay

Russian		факир (fakir). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		fakir (fakir). (various references)

Swedish		fakir (fakir). (various references)

Vietnamese		Fakia (fakir), thầy tu khổ hạnh (fakir). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Faquir

Derivations
	Words beginning with "faquir": faquirs. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Faquir

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-i-q-r-u"
	-1 letter: faqir.
	-2 letters: fair, fiar, quai.
	-3 letters: air, arf, far, fir, fur, qua, ria, rif.
	-4 letters: ai, ar, fa, if.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-i-q-r-u"
	+1 letter: aquifer, faquirs.
	+2 letters: aquifers.
	+3 letters: qualifier, requalify.
	+4 letters: aquiferous, prequalify, qualifiers, quantifier, quatrefoil.
	+5 letters: quantifiers, quatrefoils, requalified, requalifies.
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