giaour

Meaning

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.

Origin

  • From Ottoman Turkish كاور, from Persian گاور, a variant of گبر; see there for more. Gheber.

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