كاور

Borrowed from Classical Persian گَاوُر (gāwur), archaic form of گبر (gabr, “Zoroastrian; infidel, kafir”). Doublet of كبر (gebr, “Zoroastrian, Guebre”).

كاور • (gâvur) (definite accusative كاوری (gâvuru), plural كاورلر (gâvurlar))

1. (Islam, religious slur) kafir, giaour, infidel, non-Muslim, disbeliever, one who is not a Muslim

   Synonym: كافر (kâfir)

• Turkish: gâvur
• → Albanian: kaur
• → Armenian: գյավուր (gyavur)
• → Bulgarian: гяу́р (gjaúr), гяу́рин (gjaúrin)
• → English: giaour
• → French: giaour, ghiaour
• → German: Giaur
• → Macedonian: ѓаур (ǵaur)
• → Romanian: ghiaur
• → Hungarian: gyaur
• → Italian: giaurro
• → Polish: giaur
• → Russian: гяу́р (gjaúr)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ђаур / đaur, каур / kaur

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