giaour

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Moslem blood shed by a dog of a giaour--the old excuse Don't the Armenians know what's in store for them?"

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  1. noun Islam A nonbeliever; an infidel.

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  1. Alteration of obsolete gower, gour, from Turkish gâvur, from Persian gabr, infidel, Zoroastrian, from Arabic kāfir, infidel, from kafr, village, from Aramaic kaprā; see kpr2 in Semitic roots.

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  1. An Italian spelling of Turk, jawr, gawur, an infidel, a miscreant, from Persian gāwr, an infidel, another form of gabr, an infidel, a Gueber: see Gueber.
 

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/dʒaʊr/
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