giaour

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English - Turkish
gâvur
(isim) gâvur
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A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians like Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians

I shudder in delight when I think of two-hundred-year-old books, dating back to the time of Tamerlane, volumes for which acquisitive giaours gleefully relinquish gold pieces and which they carry all the way back to their own countries .

An infidel; a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians
{i} infidel; non-believer (used by the Turks to disbelievers in the Muslim religion, especially Christians)
A nonbeliever; an infidel
A non-Muslim, especially a Christian; an infidel
giaour

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    Etymology

    () From Turkish gavur, from Persian گور (gaur, “pagan, infidel”), a variant of گبر (gabr), probably from Arabic كافر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).
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