tahúr

See also: tahur

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈuɾ/ [t̪aˈuɾ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾ
  • Syllabification: ta‧húr

Noun

tahúr m (plural tahúres)

  1. gambler
  2. cardshark

Further reading

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