faqir

Questions about faqir

What does faqir mean?

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

How many syllables are in faqir?

faqir has 2 syllables and divides as fa-qir 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 faqir?

Close synonyms include fakir, fakeer, 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 faqir a common word?

faqir is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.