تكفور
See also: تکفور
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
تَكْفُور • (takfūr) m
- Armenian king
Declension edit
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 edit
- → Old Catalan: tafur
- Catalan: tafur
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: tafur, taful
- → Old Spanish: tafur
- Spanish: tahúr
- → Ottoman Turkish: تكفور (tekfur), թէքֆուր (tekfur)
- Turkish: tekfur
- → Persian: تکفور (takfur)
References edit
- 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
- թէքֆուր (tekfur) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology edit
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 edit
تكفور • (tekfur)
- tekfur, a title given to independent or semi-independent minor Christian rulers in Asia Minor and Thrace
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
- Turkish: tekfur
Further reading edit
- 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