tafur

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [təˈfur] IPA(key): (Balearic) unknown IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [taˈfur] === Noun === tafur m (plural tafurs, feminine tafura, feminine plural tafures) a gambler, especially one who gambles professionally ==== Synonyms ==== (professional gambler): tafurer ==== Derived terms ==== tafurejar tafurer === Further reading === “tafur”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Old French == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Perhaps related to Arabic طفران, tafraan, meaning pauper, have-not. === Noun === tafur oblique singular, m (oblique plural tafurs, nominative singular tafurs, nominative plural tafur) Saracen rascal beggar === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “tafur”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. tafur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === taful === Etymology === From Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”). Cognate with Old Spanish tafur (Modern tahúr). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.ˈfuɾ/ === Noun === tafur m gambler ==== Derived terms ==== tafuraria ==== Descendants ==== Galician: tafur Portuguese: taful