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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tak.ˈfuːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.fúːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.fúːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.fúːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.fúɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰækʰʲ.fúːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.fúɾ]

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

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “تکفور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.