Urdu Dictionary

قلندر qalandar for orig. کلندر 'a rough unshaped block or log'; fr. kaland or kuland = kanand; see kandan, and kunda

P قلندر qalandar (for orig. کلندر 'a rough unshaped block or log'; fr. kaland or kuland = kanand; see kandan, and kunda), s.m. A kind of wandering Muhammadan monk, with shaven head and beard, who abandons everything, wife, friends, and possessions, and travels about;—a bear-dancer;—the shell, or the fly, of a tent.