Etymology of fakir

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noun

A religious mendicant who owns no personal property. · An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic. · Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.

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Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man”).

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