tekfur

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَكْفُور‎ (takfūr), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʿagwor), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʿagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”), borrowed during the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛcfʊɾ]
  • Hyphenation: tek‧fur

Noun

tekfur (definite accusative tekfuru, plural tekfurlar)

  1. a Christian bey in Anatolia and Thrace during the Byzantine era

Declension

Inflection
Nominative tekfur
Definite accusative tekfuru
Singular Plural
Nominative tekfur tekfurlar
Definite accusative tekfuru tekfurları
Dative tekfura tekfurlara
Locative tekfurda tekfurlarda
Ablative tekfurdan tekfurlardan
Genitive tekfurun tekfurların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular tekfurum tekfurlarım
2nd singular tekfurun tekfurların
3rd singular tekfuru tekfurları
1st plural tekfurumuz tekfurlarımız
2nd plural tekfurunuz tekfurlarınız
3rd plural tekfurları tekfurları
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular tekfurum tekfurlarım
2nd singular tekfursun tekfurlarsın
3rd singular tekfur
tekfurdur		 tekfurlar
tekfurlardır
1st plural tekfuruz tekfurlarız
2nd plural tekfursunuz tekfurlarsınız
3rd plural tekfurlar tekfurlardır


Derived terms

  • tekfurluk

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “թագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • “tekfur”, in Güncel Türkçe Sözlük [Contemporary Turkish Dictionary]‎, Türk Dil Kurumu, (Please provide a date or year)
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