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giaour

/ˈd͡ʒaʊə/US/ˈd͡ʒaʊəɹ/

giaour noun: a non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.

Noun

giaour (plural giaours)

  1. (slur) A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.
    • And far beyond the Moslem's power / Had wrong'd him with the faithless Giaour.1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, London: John Murray, page 10
    • We men are not a race of freebooters or giaours; not when our argosies are prey and food to the evil fish-of-metal whose lair is a German U-boat.1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
    Synonyms:
    kafir

giaour meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Malay

giaour in Hindi

infidel
काफ़िर kāfir

giaour in Urdu

infidel
کافر kāfir

giaour in Arabic

infidel
كَافِر kāfir

giaour in Malay

infidel
kafir
More languagesFewer languages
giaour in Indonesian
kafir
giaour in Persian
کافر kâfer, گبر gabr, گاور gâvor

Synonyms of giaour

Forms of giaour

pluralgiaours

Origin of giaour

Borrowed from French giaour, from Ottoman Turkish كاور (gâvur), from Classical Persian گَاوُر (gāwur), a variant of گَبْر (gabr, “infidel”); see there for more. Doublet of Gheber and Gueber.

Questions about giaour

What does giaour mean?
Giaour means a non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.
What is giaour in Hindi?
Giaour in Hindi is काफ़िर (kāfir). See Giaour meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is giaour?
Giaour is a noun.
How do you pronounce giaour?
Giaour is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒaʊə/ (UK).
What is the plural of giaour?
The plural of giaour is giaours.

Words near giaour in the dictionary

  1. giantry
  2. giants
  3. Giants Creek
  4. giantship
  5. giantships
  6. giaour
  7. giaours
  8. Giapan
  9. Giaquinto
  10. Giaquintos
  11. Giard

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