гяур

See also: ѓаур

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كاور (gâvur), from Persian گاور (gâvor), گبر (gabr), from Aramaic גַּבְרָא‎ (gaḇrā, “man”), from earlier Imperial Aramaic 𐡂𐡁𐡓𐡀 (gbrʾ), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gabr-.

Replaced earlier (attested since 15th century) гаур (gaur) in 18th century, possibly under influence of Western European languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲɪˈur]
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲaˈur]

Noun

гяу́р • (gjaúr) m anim (genitive гяу́ра, nominative plural гяу́ры, genitive plural гяу́ров)

1. (derogatory) giaour (infidel)

Declension

Declension of гяу́р (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	гяу́р gjaúr	гяу́ры gjaúry
genitive	гяу́ра gjaúra	гяу́ров gjaúrov
dative	гяу́ру gjaúru	гяу́рам gjaúram
accusative	гяу́ра gjaúra	гяу́ров gjaúrov
instrumental	гяу́ром gjaúrom	гяу́рами gjaúrami
prepositional	гяу́ре gjaúre	гяу́рах gjaúrax

Synonyms

• ка́фи́р (káfír), кя́фи́р (kjáfír)
• неве́рный (nevérnyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гяур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress