| giaour (jour) n. Islam A nonbeliever; an infidel. [Alteration of obsolete gower, gour, from Turkish gâvur, from Persian gabr, infidel, Zoroastrian, from Arabic k  fir, infidel, from kafr, village, from Aramaic kapr; see kpr2 in Semitic roots.] |
giaour [ˈdʒaʊə]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Islam) a derogatory term for a non-Muslim, esp a Christian, used esp by the Turks
[from Turkish giaur unbeliever, from Persian gaur, variant of gäbr]
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