تكفور

See also: تکفور

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

تَكْفُور • (takfūr) m

  1. Armenian king

Declension

Declension of noun تَكْفُور (takfūr)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal تَكْفُور
takfūr 		التَّكْفُور
at-takfūr 		تَكْفُور
takfūr
nominative تَكْفُورٌ
takfūrun 		التَّكْفُورُ
at-takfūru 		تَكْفُورُ
takfūru
accusative تَكْفُورًا
takfūran 		التَّكْفُورَ
at-takfūra 		تَكْفُورَ
takfūra
genitive تَكْفُورٍ
takfūrin 		التَّكْفُورِ
at-takfūri 		تَكْفُورِ
takfūri

Descendants

  • → Old Catalan: tafur
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: tafur, taful
  • → Old Spanish: tafur
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تكفور (tekfur), թէքֆուր (tekfur) — Armeno-Turkish
  • → Persian: تکفور (takfur)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

تكفور • (tekfur)

  1. tekfur, a title given to independent or semi-independent minor Christian rulers in Asia Minor and Thrace

Derived terms

  • تكفور طاغی (Tekfur Dağı, “Tekirdağ”)
  • تكفور چایری (Tekfur Çayırı, “name of a plain in Bithynia”)
  • تكفور گولی (Tekfur Gölü, “name of a lake in Dobrugia”)

Descendants

Further reading

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