tekfur

Meaning

a Christian bey in Anatolia and Thrace during the Byzantine era

Pronounced as (IPA)

[tɛcfʊɾ]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: تكفور

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish تكفور, from Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”), borrowed during the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.