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taful.

dandyish

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/taˈfuw/Brazil[taˈfuʊ̯]Brazil/tɐˈful/Portugal[tɐˈfuɫ]Portugal

  1. dandyish

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/taˈfuw/Brazil[taˈfuʊ̯]Brazil/tɐˈful/Portugal[tɐˈfuɫ]Portugal

  1. dandy

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine

  2. gambler

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

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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