تکفور

See also: تكفور

Persian

Alternative forms

  • تکور (takwur / takvor) (from Middle Armenian directly)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”). Doublet of تاجور (tājwar / tâjvar, “king”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? takfūr
Dari reading? takfūr
Iranian reading? takfur
Tajik reading? takfur

Noun

تکفور • (takfūr / takfur) (plural تکفوران (takfūrān / takfurân), or تکفورها (takfūr-hā / takfur-hâ), Tajik spelling такфур)

  1. (archaic) Armenian king, particularly those of Cilician Armenia
  2. (archaic, rare) any Christian king

References

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