tahúr

See also: tahur

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish tafur, from Arabic تَكْفُور‎ (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʿagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʿagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”), the first part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *teg-, the second part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Galician tafur, Portuguese taful and Turkish tekfur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taˈuɾ/

Noun

tahúr m (plural tahúres)

  1. gambler
  2. cardshark
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