tafur
Catalan
Etymology
From Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʿagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʿagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /təˈfu/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /taˈfuɾ/
Noun
tafur m (plural tafurs, feminine tafura)
- A gambler, especially one who gambles professionally.
Synonyms
- (professional gambler): tafurer
Derived terms
- tafurejar
- tafurer
Further reading
- “tafur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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 m (oblique plural tafurs, nominative singular tafurs, nominative plural tafur)
- Saracen
- rascal
- beggar
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tafur)
- tafur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
- taful
Etymology
From Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʿagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʿagawor, “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
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 154 (facsimile):
- Como un tafur tirou con hũa baeſta hũa seeta cõtra o ceo con ſanna p̈ q̇ pdera. p̃ q̃ cuidaua q̇ firia a deos o.ſ.M̃.
- How a gambler shot, with a crossbow, a bolt at the sky, wrathful because he had lost. Because he wanted it to wound God or Holy Mary.
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Derived terms
- tafuraria
Descendants
- Galician: tafur
- Portuguese: taful