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Definitions of faqir in various dictionaries:
noun - a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
noun - a Hindu ascetic
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| Hindu wonder-worker: Var. |
| Muslim ascetic |
| Muslim ascetic (var.) |
| Muslim ascetic: Var |
| Bed of nails occupant: Var |
| Muslim monk (var.) |
| Hindu mendicant (var.) |
| Certain Indian Muslim |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| A religious mendicant who owns no personal property. |
| A bfakirb, or bfaqirb (fkr Arabic: (noun of faqr)), derived from faqr (Arabic: , "poverty"). |
| a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man |
| A Muslim (or, loosely, a Hindu) religious ascetic who lives solely on alms. |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Faqir, Zabol, AFGHANISTAN |
| Faqir, Lorestan, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) |
| Faqir, Sindh, PAKISTAN |
| Faqir, Ghazni, AFGHANISTAN |
| Faqir description |
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A fakir, or faqir (; Arabic: (noun of faqr)), derived from faqr (Arabic: , "poverty") is a person who is self-sufficient and only possesses the spiritual need for God. Faqirs are Sufi Muslim ascetics who have taken vows of poverty and worship, renouncing all relations and possessions. * Faqirs are characterized by their attachment to dhikr (a practice of repeating the names of God, often performed after prayers). Sufism gained adherents among a number of Muslims as a reaction against the worldliness of the early Umayyad Caliphate (661750 CE). The term may refer to a Muslim Sufi ascetic in the Middle East and South Asia. Though, Sufis have spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, originally expressing their beliefs in Arabic, before spreading into Persian, Turkish, Indian languages and a dozen other languages.The term has also been used to refer to Hindu ascetics (e.g., sadhus, gurus, swamis and yogis). These usages developed primarily in the Mughal era in the Indian su |