फ़कीर fakīr

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How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

فقير · ar · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

A Muslim mendicant or saint, hermit, recluse.
A beggar, a pauper.

Usual translation

  1. poor person
  2. poor
  3. fakir
  4. religious ascetic

Origin of the definition

फ़कीर fakīra faki:r (nm) a Muslim mendicant/saint, hermit, recluse; beggar, pauper; hence फ़कीरनी (nf); —का घर बड़ा होता है a saint has all that he needs; a saint has room for every shelter-seeker; —की सदा the appeal/call of a फ़कीर.

A فقير faqīr (v.n. fr. فقر; see faqr), adj. & s.m. Poor, needy, indigent, destitute; — a poor man; a beggar; a religious mendicant; a derwish; an ascetic, a devotee.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

98 occurrences

In 48 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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Created
Saturday 29 August 2020
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Monday 1 July 2024