Where does “fakir” come from?
fakir (Dutch) comes from Arabic فَقِير — poor man, pauper; poor, wretched; pauper.
fakir (Dutch): fakir
Ancestry of “fakir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | فَقِير | poor man, pauper; poor, wretched; pauper |