taful

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈful/

Noun

taful m (plural tafuls)

1. Alternative form of tafur

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese taful, tafur, from Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”).

Cognate with Galician tafur, Spanish tahúr, Catalan tafur and Turkish tekfur.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈfuw/ [taˈfuʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈful/ [tɐˈfuɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈful/ [tɐˈfuɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈfu.li/

• Hyphenation: ta‧ful

Adjective

taful m or f (plural tafuis)

1. dandyish

Noun

taful m or f by sense (plural tafuis)

1. dandy
2. gambler