different between magic vs fakir

English

Etymology

From Middle English magik, magyk, from Old French magique (noun and adjective), from Latin magicus (adjective), magica (noun use of feminine form of magicus), from Ancient Greek ??????? (magikós, “magical”), from ????? (mágos, “magus”). Ultimately from Old Iranian, probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh?g?- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”). Displaced native Middle English dweomercraft (“magic, magic arts”) (from Old English dwimor (“phantom, illusion”) + cræft (“art”)), Old English galdorcræft (“magic, enchantment”), Old English dr?cræft (“magic, sorcery”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mad??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæd??k/
• Rhymes: -æd??k

Noun

magic (usually uncountable, plural magics)

1. The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1489, William Caxton, Foure Sonnes of Aymon:

     And whan he shall be arrayed as I telle you / lete hym thenne doo his incantacyons & his magyke as he wyll […].

   • 1781, Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, II.23:

     The arts of magic and divination were strictly prohibited.

   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 23:

     Conversions to the new religion […] have frequently been assisted by the view of converts that they are acquiring not just a means of otherworldly salvation, but a new and more powerful magic.

2. A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell. [from 14th c.]
3. The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
4. Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill. [from 17th c.]
   1. (computing, slang) Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
      • 2017, Jacek Galowicz, C++17 STL Cookbook (page 257)

        The stringstream class hides a lot of string parsing magic from us at this point.

5. A conjuring trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers. [from 19th c.]
6. The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions.

Alternative forms

• magick (fantasy, occult, now used for supernatural magic as distinguished from stage magic)
• magicke (obsolete)
• magique (obsolete)

Synonyms

• (allegedly supernatural method to dominate natural forces): dwimmer, dweomercraft/dwimmercraft, thaumaturgy, conjuring, sorcery, witchcraft, wizardry, wizardcraft, warlockry, hexcraft, spellcraft, spellcasting, spellwork, charmwork, wandwork, enchantment
• (illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural): sleight of hand, illusionism, legerdemain, dwimmer

Derived terms

Related terms

• magician

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (majikku)

Translations

Adjective

magic (not comparable)

1. Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. [from 14th c.]

   Synonym: magical

2. Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic. [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: wonderful, amazing

3. Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc. [from 19th c.]

   Synonym: magical

4. (colloquial) Great; excellent. [from 20th c.]

5. (physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184. [from 20th c.]
6. (programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

magic (third-person singular simple present magics, present participle magicking, simple past and past participle magicked)

1. (transitive) To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic. [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: conjure up, magic up

Derived terms

• magic up

Translations

Anagrams

• gamic

Occitan

Adjective

magic m (feminine singular magica, masculine plural magics, feminine plural magicas)

1. magic, magical

Derived terms

• magicament

Related terms

• magia

Romanian

Etymology

From French magique

Adjective

magic m or n (feminine singular magic?, masculine plural magici, feminine and neuter plural magice)

1. magic

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• faquir (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (faq?r, “poor man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??ki?/, /f??k???/, /f??ki?/, /?fe?k??/
• Homophone: faker
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

fakir (plural fakirs)

1. (Islam) A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
2. (Hindu, more loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
3. (derogatory) Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.
   • 1905, Eclectic Magazine, Foreign Literature, Science, and Art

     He denounces no one until he has all the damaging facts in hand, very frequently backed up with affidavits. He 'Lawsonized' certain stock jobbers and financial fakirs of London before the Boston advertising man was heard of.

   • 1927, The Rotarian, page 30

     "But a stranger who had come up to the group just at this point, when they were pronouncing the soup delicious, laughed aloud. "'What a set of fools you all are!' he cried. 'This tramp is just a fakir. That stone had nothing to do with the soup."

   • 1994, Michael Barry Miller, Shanghai on the Métro: Spies, Intrigue, and the French Between the Wars, Univ of California Press ?ISBN, page 252

     He was, as the undercover agent concluded, a fabulous raconteur or, as one other person summed him up, "a monumental fakir and liar."

   • 2009, Gelett Burgess, The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco, Lulu.com ?ISBN, page 175

     From what I hear of him he's a fakir, and I won't encourage him in his attempts to get into society at my expense.

Translations

Anagrams

• Kafir, farik, kafir

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic ??????? (faq?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?.ki(?)r/
• Hyphenation: fa?kir

Noun

fakir m (plural fakirs, diminutive fakirtje n)

1. (Islam, Hinduism) fakir

French

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (faq?r, “poor man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ki?/

Noun

fakir m (plural fakirs)

1. fakir (all meanings)

Further reading

• “fakir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (faq?r, “poor man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa.k?ir/

Noun

fakir m pers

1. (Islam) fakir (faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms)

   Synonym: derwisz

2. (Hinduism) fakir (ascetic mendicant)

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) fakirek
• (adjective) fakirowy

Further reading

• fakir in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• fakir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (faq?r, “poor man”), probably via Ottoman Turkish ????? (fakir). Compare fukàra, fukàrluk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ki?r/
• Hyphenation: fa?kir

Noun

fàk?r m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. faqir
2. (Hindu) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)
3. (regional) a destitute man

Declension

Derived terms

• fakírak

References

• “fakir” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• Škalji?, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 276

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (fakir), from Arabic ??????? (faq?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /facir/
• Hyphenation: fa?kir

Noun

fakir (definite accusative fakiri, plural fakirler)

1. (Hindu) fakir (an ascetic mendicant)

Declension

Adjective

fakir (comparative daha fakir, superlative en fakir)

1. poor, pauper

Synonyms

• fukara
• yoksul
• zü?ürt

Antonyms

• zengin
• varl?kl?
• vars?l

Anagrams

• kafir