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giaour

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaʊə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈd͡ʒaʊəɹ/

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noun

Meaning 1

A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slur

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kafir

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French giaour, from Ottoman Turkish كاور (gâvur), from Classical Persian گَاوُر (gāwur), a variant of گَبْر (gabr, “infidel”); see there for more. Doublet of Gheber and Gueber.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qafir — infidel
  • Arabic: كَافِر (kāfir) — infidel
  • Armenian: գյավուր (gyavur) — infidel
  • Azerbaijani: gavur — infidel
  • Azerbaijani: kafir — infidel
  • Bulgarian: гяу́р (gjaúr) — infidel
  • Czech: džaur — infidel
  • Czech: ďaur — infidel
  • Georgian: ურჯულო (urǯulo) — infidel
  • Georgian: ურწმუნო (urc̣muno) — infidel
  • Georgian: გიაური (giauri) — infidel
  • Greek: γκιαούρης (gkiaoúris) — infidel
  • Hindi: काफ़िर (kāfir) — infidel
  • Hungarian: gyaur — infidel
  • Indonesian: kafir — infidel
  • Italian: giaurro — infidel
  • Kazakh: кәпір (käpır) — infidel
  • Kyrgyz: каапыр (kaapır) — infidel
  • Macedonian: ѓаур (ǵaur) — infidel
  • Macedonian: каурин (kaurin) — infidel
  • Malay: kafir — infidel
  • Persian: کافر (kâfer) — infidel
  • Persian: گبر (gabr) — infidel
  • Persian: گاور (gâvor) — infidel
  • Polish: giaur — infidel
  • Portuguese: giaour — infidel
  • Russian: гяу́р (gjaúr) — infidel
  • Russian: ка́фи́р (káfír) — infidel
  • Russian: кя́фи́р (kjáfír) — infidel
  • Serbo-Croatian: ђаур — infidel
  • Serbo-Croatian: ђаурин — infidel
  • Serbo-Croatian: каур — infidel
  • Serbo-Croatian: каурин — infidel
  • Serbo-Croatian: đaur — infidel
  • Serbo-Croatian: đaurin — infidel
  • Serbo-Croatian: kaur — infidel
  • Serbo-Croatian: kaurin — infidel
  • Tajik: кофир (kofir) — infidel
  • Tajik: габр (gabr) — infidel
  • Turkish: gâvur — infidel
  • Turkish: kâfir — infidel
  • Ottoman Turkish: كاور (gâvur) — infidel
  • Turkmen: kapyr — infidel
  • Ukrainian: гяу́р (hjaúr) — infidel
  • Urdu: کافر (kāfir) — infidel
  • Uyghur: كاپىر (kapir) — infidel
  • Uzbek: kofir — infidel
  • Uzbek: gʻayridin — infidel
  • Zazaki: gawır (diq) — infidel