qalandar

English

Alternative forms

• calender

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".

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: kăʹləndər, IPA^(key): /ˈkæləndɚ/
• Rhymes: -æləndə(ɹ)
• Homophones: calendar, calender, Callander

Noun

qalandar (plural qalandars)

1. A wandering ascetic Sufi dervish.

Translations

one of an order of dervishes

• French: calender (fr)
• Hindi: कलन्दर (hi) m (kalandar), कलंदर (hi) m (kalandar)
• Portuguese: calênder m

Further reading

• Qalandariyya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia