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qalandar

/ˈkæləndɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
qa-lan-dar
IPA
/ˈkæləndɚ/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wandering ascetic Sufi dervish.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: قلندر, کلندر, کلند

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkæləndɚ/

Inflected Forms

qalandars (plural) calender (alternative)

Homonyms

calendar calender Callander

Rhymes With

calendar calender

Questions

How do you pronounce qalandar?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæləndɚ/.
What does qalandar mean?
A wandering ascetic Sufi dervish.
Where does qalandar come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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