qalandar

English

Pronunciation
  • (US) enPR: kăʹləndər, IPA(key): /ˈkæləndɚ/

Etymology

Persian قلندر‎ (qalandar), possibly a re-borrowing through Arabic of original Persian کلندر‎ (kalandar) "a rough, uncouth man" from Persian کلند‎ (kaland, kuland) "rough, unshaved, unsmoothed"

Noun

qalandar (plural qalandars)

  1. A wandering ascetic Sufi dervish.

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