Definitions For Giaour

Noun

GIAOUR (plural GIAOURs) (derogatory, ethnic slur) 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.

Translations

Albanian: qafir, m Arabic: كَافِر, m Armenian: գյավուր Azerbaijani: gavur, kafir Bulgarian: гяу́р, m, sc=Cyrl Czech: džaur, m Georgian: ურჯულო, ურწმუნო, გიაური Greek: γκιαούρης, m Hindi: काफ़िर, m Hungarian: gyaur Indonesian: kafir Italian: giaurro Kazakh: кәпір, sc=Cyrl Kyrgyz: каапыр, sc=Cyrl Macedonian: ѓаур, m, каурин Persian: کافر, tr=kâfer, گبر, tr=gabr, گاور (gâvor) {{qualifier, archaic}} Portuguese: giaour, m Russian: гяу́р, m, ка́фи́р, m, sc=Cyrl, кя́фи́р, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: ђаур, m, ђаурин, m, каур, m, каурин, m : Roman: đaur, m, đaurin, m, kaur, m, kaurin, m Tajik: кофир, габр Turkish: gâvur, kafir, alt=kâfir Turkmen: kapyr Urdu: کافر, m (kāfir, sc=ur-Arab) Uyghur: كاپىر Uzbek: kofir, gʻayridin

Etymology

From {{etyl, ota, en}} كاور, tr=gāvur ({{cog, tr, gâvur}}), from {{etyl, fa, en}} گاور, tr=gâvor, a variant of گبر, tr=gabr, , infidel; see there for more. {{doublet, en, Gheber}}.

Is Giaour a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
9

The word Giaour is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

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