GIAOUR


Meaning of GIAOUR in English

/jowr/ , n. Turkish.

an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, esp. a Christian.

[ 1555-65; earlier gower, gour gâvur

gaur, var. of gabr Zoroastrian, non-Muslim; sp. giaour gi- repr. Turk palatalized g, later taken as sp. for j ]

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