fakir

Questions about fakir

What does fakir mean?

fakir means "a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man".

How many syllables are in fakir?

fakir has 2 syllables and divides as fa-kir under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fakir?

Close synonyms include fakeer, faqir, faquir. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fakir a common word?

fakir is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.