taful

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ˈful/

Noun

taful m (plural tafuls)

  1. alternative form of tafur

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese taful, 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”).

Cognate with Galician tafur, Spanish tahúr, Catalan tafur and Turkish tekfur.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈfuw/ [taˈfuʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐˈful/ [tɐˈfuɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐˈfu.li/

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ful

Adjective

taful m or f (plural tafuis)

  1. dandyish

Noun

taful m or f by sense (plural tafuis)

  1. dandy
  2. gambler
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