giaour

n. 非伊斯兰教徒, 异教徒

发音

UK /ˈd͡ʒaʊə/
其它
US /ˈd͡ʒaʊəɹ/

词形变化

giaours 复数 giaours

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

词源

Borrowed from French giaour, from Ottoman Turkish كاور (gâvur), from Classical Persian گَاوُر (gāwur), a variant of گَبْر (gabr, “infidel”); see there for more. Doublet of Gheber and Gueber.

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