Tom is a fakir.
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Fakir
//fəˈkiɹ//
Synonyms for "fakir" (31 found)
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Translations
51 translations across 41 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- فَقِير noun (ascetic mendicant)
Armenian
1 entries- ֆակիր noun (ascetic mendicant)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
- fəqir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Bengali
2 entries- দরবেশ noun (ascetic mendicant)
- ফকির noun (ascetic mendicant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- факи́р noun (ascetic mendicant)
Catalan
1 entries- faquir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 法基爾 /法基尔 noun (ascetic mendicant)
- 苦行僧 noun (ascetic mendicant)
Czech
1 entries- fakír noun (ascetic mendicant)
Danish
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Dutch
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Esperanto
1 entries- fakiro noun (ascetic mendicant)
Estonian
1 entries- fakiir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Finnish
1 entries- fakiiri noun (ascetic mendicant)
French
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
German
1 entries- Fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Greek
1 entries- φακίρης noun (ascetic mendicant)
Hindi
4 entries- फकीर noun (ascetic mendicant)
- फकीरन noun (ascetic mendicant)
- फकीरनी noun (ascetic mendicant)
- फ़क़ीर noun (ascetic mendicant)
Hungarian
1 entries- fakír noun (ascetic mendicant)
Indonesian
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Italian
1 entries- fachiro noun (ascetic mendicant)
Japanese
2 entries- 托鉢僧 noun (ascetic mendicant)
- 苦行僧 noun (ascetic mendicant)
Kazakh
1 entries- пақыр noun (ascetic mendicant)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- факир noun (ascetic mendicant)
Macedonian
1 entries- фа́кир noun (ascetic mendicant)
Malay
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Marathi
1 entries- फकीर noun (ascetic mendicant)
Norwegian
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Pashto
2 entries- دروېش noun (ascetic mendicant)
- فقير noun (ascetic mendicant)
Persian
2 entries- درویش noun (ascetic mendicant)
- فقیر noun (ascetic mendicant)
Polish
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Portuguese
1 entries- faquir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Russian
1 entries- факи́р noun (ascetic mendicant)
Spanish
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Swedish
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Tajik
2 entries- дарвеш noun (ascetic mendicant)
- фақир noun (ascetic mendicant)
Tamil
1 entries- பக்கிரி noun (ascetic mendicant)
Tatar
1 entries- фәкыйрь noun (ascetic mendicant)
Turkish
1 entries- fakir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Urdu
1 entries- فقیر noun (ascetic mendicant)
Uyghur
1 entries- پېقىر noun (ascetic mendicant)
Uzbek
1 entries- faqir noun (ascetic mendicant)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
A fallen fakir is in the mosque.
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The fakir sat on a bed of nails.
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The fakir lied down on a bed of nails.
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