The alternate spelling "faqir" is very useful to Scrabble players, as an example of a permitted word that has a Q but not a U.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: FAKIR/FAKER] Reference

To this the faqir replied: ‘O youth! it would be best for you to have nothing to do with me and to know nothing of my fortunes, for my story is fit neither for telling nor for hearing.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brown Fairy Book] Reference

Kelantan bermaruah, bukan lapar wang | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

My grandmother learnt it of a faqir, and taught it me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love and Life Behind the Purdah] Reference

The faqir made a qiblah of his heart and began to pray.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference

Konvensyen Pakatan: Malaysia hampiri perubahan | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

But he could not speak just then, and the faqir dare not; for, as Sita saw, he was a Maunee, and, as such, bound to perpetual silence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love and Life Behind the Purdah] Reference

He was put on a little silver tray, and an ingeniously wrought siphon showered him with pure water, which the faqir had no doubt drawn from some sacred well or spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love and Life Behind the Purdah] Reference

Unable to control his earlier indignation he said to Mian Mir: "On the doorstep of a faqir, there should be no sentry," to which Mian Mir replied, "They are there so that the dogs of the selfish men may not enter.".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

I think the king's grief carried away some of his reason – it sometimes happens so, you know – for when Hari sent him a faqir to tell him that the gods had punished him for being so happy and foretasting heaven on earth, and that he must atone by becoming a Sadhu himself, he objected not, but listened calmly and obeyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love and Life Behind the Purdah] Reference

Dua Medan Minyak: Surat Terbuka Untuk Najib | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Menteri Mempelam Serahkan Sabah dan Limbang | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Keberanian Ahmad Said Akan Selamatkan Negara | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

A vow to feed the old faqir who lives on the top of the mountain pass – thou knowest: and to-morrow my vow will crave redemption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love and Life Behind the Purdah] Reference

Paradox Kemiskinan - Masalah Kemiskinan Bandar telah Mendahului Kemiskinan Desa Nor Ya'kob gulung royalti minyak hari ini | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Mian Mir once said: "When a faqir becomes perfect and his heart is cleared of doubt, then nothing can give him (her) harm or cause him (her) injury.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

By these means, the social meaning of the faqir was reversed: his activities were no longer evidence of jazb, of sweet intoxication in God's presence, but proof instead of insanity ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Cannabis Culture Magazine] Reference

Positif, Bergerak Positif | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Jangan hanya pandai 'kebas' | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

UMNO Putera keringkan wang Felda | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Vincent Tan lebih gagah dari Najib | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

NST: Tolong Takutkan Tuhan | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Ku Li, Petronas dan Rule of Law | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Arafah - hitung kami sebagai tamuMu | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Kertas Putih Bendera Putih | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Hujan Iringi PM Terbang Awal | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Tabung Impian Rakyat Malaysia | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

Langkah Pertama Ke Arah Royalti | faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

| faqir putih.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

To cite a few examples: ameer, amir, emeer, emir; cadi, kadhi, kadi, qadi, qazi; chamsinie, khamseen, khamsin; fakir, faqir, faquir; gasal, gazel, ghasel, ghazal, ghazel; hadj, haj, hajj; hegira, hejira, hijra, hijrah; kasida, qasida; kibia, kiblah, qibia, qiblah; and shaikh, shaykh, sheik, sheikh, sheykh.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4] Reference