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giaour

G0116000 (jour)n. Often Offensive A person who is not a believer in Islam.
[French, from Italian dialectal (Venetian) giaur (with gi- representing palatalized g- in Ottoman Turkish gâvur), from Ottoman Turkish gâvur, alteration of earlier gebr, from Persian gabr, infidel, Zoroastrian, from Arabic kāfir, infidel, from kafr, village, from Aramaic kaprā; see kpr in Semitic roots.]

giaour

(ˈdʒaʊə) n (Islam) a derogatory term for a non-Muslim, esp a Christian, used esp by the Turks[C16: from Turkish giaur unbeliever, from Persian gaur, variant of gäbr]

giaour

(dʒaʊr)

n. (in Islam) a nonbeliever, esp. a Christian. [1555–65; earlier gower, gour < Turkish gâvur < Persian gaur, variant of gabr Zoroastrian, non-Muslim]
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