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)
- A wandering ascetic Sufi dervish.
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