taful

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ˈful/

Noun

taful m

  1. Alternative form of tafur

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese taful, tafur, from Arabic تَكْفُور‎ (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʿagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʿagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”).

Cognate with Galician tafur, Spanish tahúr, Catalan tafur and Turkish tekfur.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.ˈfuɫ/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ful

Adjective

taful (plural tafuis, comparable)

  1. dandyish

Noun

taful m, f (plural tafuis)

  1. dandy
  2. gambler
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