Where does “fakirski” come from?
fakirski (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian fàkīr, from Ottoman Turkish فقیر, from Arabic فَقِير — poor man, pauper; poor, wretched; pauper.
fakirski (Serbo-Croatian): fakir; as a fakir
Ancestry of “fakirski”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | fàkīr | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | فقیر | — |
| 3 | Arabic | فَقِير | poor man, pauper; poor, wretched; pauper |