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Kyrgyz
Noun
факир • (fakir) (Arabic spelling فاكئر)
- fakir
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فقیر (fakir), from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man”).
Pronunciation
Noun
факир • (fakir) m (plural факири, relational adjective факирски)
- fakir
Declension
References
- “факир” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
факи́р • (fakír) m anim (genitive факи́ра, nominative plural факи́ры, genitive plural факи́ров)
- fakir
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man”), probably via Ottoman Turkish فقیر (fakir). Compare fukàra, fukàrluk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fǎkiːr/
- Hyphenation: фа‧кир
Noun
фа̀кӣр m (Latin spelling fàkīr)
- faqir
- (Hindu) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)
- (regional) a destitute man
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “факир” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 276