faquir
Portuguese, noun/faˈki(ʁ)/
faquir is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “faqir (a religious mendicant who owns no personal property)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does faquir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefaqir (a religious mendicant who owns no personal property)
- 2
masculinefakir (an ascetic mendicant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of faquir
- faquires plural
- faquirs plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faquir?
- Brazil /faˈki(ʁ)/
- Brazil [faˈki(h)]
- /faˈki(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faquir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faquir in Portuguese?
faquir appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).