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giaour
- /ˈd͡ʒaʊə/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒaʊəɹ/ US
Where it comes from
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.
noun giaours
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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.
Similar: kafir
Translations
Talk about this word "giaour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/giaour. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. giaour. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/giaour "giaour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/giaour.Cite this
@misc{giaour_2026,
title = {giaour},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/giaour},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
