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fakir

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fakir /ˈfeɪkɪə, ˈfa-/

▶noun a Muslim (or, loosely, a Hindu) religious ascetic who lives solely on alms.

– origin C17: via Fr. from Arab. faḳīr ‘needy man’.

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