Spanish
Masculine

tahúr

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  1. (masculine) gambler
  2. (masculine) cardshark

Hyphenated as
ta‧húr
Pronounced as (IPA)
/taˈuɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish
tafur
Cognate with Galician
tafur
Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
taful
Cognate with Turkish
Turkish
tekfur
In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish tafur, from Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”). The first part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *teg-, the second part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Galician tafur, Portuguese taful and Turkish tekfur.

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