fakir
/ˈfeɪkɪə
/ /ˈfakɪə/(also faquir)
noun
A Muslim (or, loosely, a Hindu) religious ascetic who lives solely on alms.Giving details, the Chairman has asserted that Guru Granth Sahib revered by the Sikhs as a living God, contained verses of 15 Hindu saints and Muslim fakirs....
- One story tells how Aurangzeb became rich by summoning fakirs (Muslim holy men thought to have magical powers) to his palace and forcing them to accept fine khilats.
- The Hindu fakir would sit for days without food or water, or bury himself alive as a kind of spiritual observance, a separation of mind from body.
Origin
Early 17th century: via French from Arabic faqīr 'needy man'.
Rhymes
- men's work
- -ment
- mentagra
- mental
- mental age
- mental arithmetic
- mental block
- mental chemistry
- mental cruelty
- mental deficiency
- mentalese
- mental eye
- mental handicap
- mental healer
- mental health
- mental health break
- mental health day
- mental home
- mental hospital
- mental hygiene
- mental illness
- mentalisation
- mentalise
- mentalism
- mentalist