تكفور

See also: تکفور

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”), borrowed during the existence of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

Noun

تَكْفُور • (takfūr) m

1. Armenian king

Declension

Declension of noun تَكْفُور (takfūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَكْفُور takfūr	التَّكْفُور at-takfūr	تَكْفُور takfūr
Nominative	تَكْفُورٌ takfūrun	التَّكْفُورُ at-takfūru	تَكْفُورُ takfūru
Accusative	تَكْفُورًا takfūran	التَّكْفُورَ at-takfūra	تَكْفُورَ takfūra
Genitive	تَكْفُورٍ takfūrin	التَّكْفُورِ at-takfūri	تَكْفُورِ takfūri

Descendants

• → Old Catalan: tafur
  • Catalan: tafur
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: tafur, taful
  • Galician: tafur
  • Portuguese: taful
• → Old Spanish: tafur
  • Spanish: tahúr
• → Ottoman Turkish: تكفور (tekfur), թէքֆուր (tekfur) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: tekfur
• → Persian: تکفور (takfur)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• թէքֆուր (tekfur) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, “king”), itself from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”), borrowed during the existence of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

Noun

تكفور • (tekfur)

1. tekfur, a title given to independent or semi-independent minor Christian rulers in Asia Minor and Thrace

Derived terms

• تكفور طاغی (Tekfur Dağı, “Tekirdağ”)
• تكفور چایری (Tekfur Çayırı, “name of a plain in Bithynia”)
• تكفور گولی (Tekfur Gölü, “name of a lake in Dobrugia”)

Descendants

• Turkish: tekfur

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tekfur”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4699
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تكفور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 394
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tekfur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تكفور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 582