كاور

See also: گاور

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• گاور (gâvor)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گَاوُر (gāwur).

Noun

كاور • (gâvur)

1. non-Muslim
2. infidel, kafir, giaour

Descendants

• Turkish: gâvur
• → Armenian: գյավուր (gyavur)
• → Bulgarian: гяу́р (gjaúr), гяу́рин (gjaúrin)
• → English: giaour
• → French: giaour, ghiaour
• → German: Giaur
• → Macedonian: ѓаур (ǵaur)
• → Romanian: ghiaur
• → Hungarian: gyaur
• → Italian: giaurro
• → Polish: giaur
• → Russian: гяу́р (gjaúr)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ђаур／đaur, каур／kaur