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giaour
Giaour (noun) 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.
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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.
"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."
— Thomas Pynchon (1963)
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Etymology
Borrowed from French giaour, from Ottoman Turkish كاور (gâvur), from Classical Persian گَاوُر (gāwur), a variant of گَبْر (gabr, “infidel”) — see that entry for more. It is a doublet of Gheber and Gueber.
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What is the meaning of giaour?
"giaour" (noun) 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 another word for giaour?
Other words for "giaour" include kafir.
What is the opposite of giaour?
The opposite of "giaour" is muslim.
