tahúr

See also: tahur

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish 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”). The first part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *teg-, the second part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Galician tafur, Portuguese taful and Turkish tekfur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈuɾ/ [t̪aˈuɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧húr

Noun

tahúr m (plural tahúres)

1. gambler
2. cardshark

Further reading

• “tahúr”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10