гяур

See also: ѓаур

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كاور‎ (gâvur), from Persian گاور‎ (gâvor), گبر‎ (gabr), from Aramaic גַּבְרָא‎‎ (gaḇrā, “man”), from earlier Imperial Aramaic 𐡂𐡁𐡓𐡀‎ (gbrʾ), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gabr-.

Replaced earler (attested since 15th century) гаур (gaur) in 18th century, possibly under influence of Western European languages.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲɪˈur]
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲaˈur]

Noun

гяу́р • (gjaúr) m anim (genitive гяу́ра, nominative plural гяу́ры, genitive plural гяу́ров)

  1. (derogatory) giaour (infidel)

Declension
Declension of гяу́р (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative гяу́р
gjaúr		 гяу́ры
gjaúry
genitive гяу́ра
gjaúra		 гяу́ров
gjaúrov
dative гяу́ру
gjaúru		 гяу́рам
gjaúram
accusative гяу́ра
gjaúra		 гяу́ров
gjaúrov
instrumental гяу́ром
gjaúrom		 гяу́рами
gjaúrami
prepositional гяу́ре
gjaúre		 гяу́рах
gjaúrax

Synonyms

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гяур”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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