кгауръ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms
  • гау́ръ (haúr), кау́ръ (kaúr)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كاور (gâvur), from Persian گاور (gâvor).

Noun

кгауръ • (gaur) m pers

  1. giaour, a non-Muslim

References
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “кгауръ, гауръ, кауръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 33
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