Where does “fakir” come from?
fakir (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish فقیر, from Arabic فَقِير — poor man, pauper; poor, wretched; pauper.
Ancestry of “fakir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | فقیر | — |
| 2 | Arabic | فَقِير | poor man, pauper; poor, wretched; pauper |
Words derived from “fakir”