Gender Masculine
Usage Tajik (Rare), Uzbek (Rare)
Scripts Қаландар(Tajik, Uzbek Cyrillic)
Other Forms FormsКаландар (Kalandar)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Islamic religious title of qalandar, which is also known in English as calender (not to be confused with calendar). It is derived from Persian قلندر (qalandar) meaning "wandering dervish", which is ultimately derived from the older Persian word کلندر (kalandar) meaning "uncouth man".