See fakir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "takuhatsusō",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "托鉢僧"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "paqyr",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "пақыр"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "fakir",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "факир"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "fákir",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фа́кир"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "fakir"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "phakīr",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "फकीर"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fakir"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "faqír",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فقير"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "darweš",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "دروېش"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "faqir",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "فقیر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "darviš",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "درویش"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fakir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faquir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fakír",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "факи́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fakir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fakir"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "faqir",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "фақир"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "darveš",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "дарвеш"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "pakkiri",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "பக்கிரி"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "fäkıyr’",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "фәкыйрь"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "fakir"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "faqīr",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فقیر"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "pëqir",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "پېقىر"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "ascetic mendicant",
"word": "faqir"
}
],
"word": "fakir"
}
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