ఫకీరు

Telugu

Alternative forms

ఫకీర్ (phakīr‌)

Etymology

From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr) ("poor man").

Noun

ఫకీరు • (phakīru) ? (plural ఫకీళ్ళు)

1. (Islam) A religious mendicant who owns no personal property - fakir or faqir.

References

• "ఫకీరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 854