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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.kiʁ/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

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)]
  • (Caipira) 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 Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “faquir”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “faquir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “faquir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025