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taful

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Noun

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taful m (plural tafuls)

  1. Alternative form of tafur

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese taful, tafur, from Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr, Armenian king), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor, king), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, king), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (king, literally crown bearing).

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

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  • Hyphenation: ta‧ful

Adjective

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taful m or f (plural tafuis)

  1. dandyish

Noun

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taful m or f by sense (plural tafuis)

  1. dandy
  2. gambler