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单词 giaour
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Definition of giaour in English:

giaour

noun ˈdʒaʊəˈdʒaʊ(ə)r
derogatory, archaic
  • A non-Muslim, especially a Christian.

    〈古,贬〉非伊斯兰教信徒(尤指基督徒)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The first time I saw them coming into the mosque in their shoes, I thought they were giaours, but they turned out to be Turks.’
    • The Christian giaours had to pay a ‘head tax’ (signifying what they would lose if they did not remunerate their Ottoman overlords), and a Jannisary tax, having their firstborn males wrested away from their families to be converted to Islam, brainwashed and trained as soldiers used to kill, for the most part, other Christians.
    • Most measures were considered justified against the giaours (infidels).

Origin

From Turkish gâvur, from Persian gaur, probably from Arabic kāfir (see Kaffir).

Definition of giaour in US English:

giaour

nounˈjou(ə)rˈdʒaʊ(ə)r
derogatory, archaic
  • A non-Muslim, especially a Christian.

    〈古,贬〉非伊斯兰教信徒(尤指基督徒)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most measures were considered justified against the giaours (infidels).
    • The Christian giaours had to pay a ‘head tax’ (signifying what they would lose if they did not remunerate their Ottoman overlords), and a Jannisary tax, having their firstborn males wrested away from their families to be converted to Islam, brainwashed and trained as soldiers used to kill, for the most part, other Christians.
    • The first time I saw them coming into the mosque in their shoes, I thought they were giaours, but they turned out to be Turks.’

Origin

From Turkish gâvur, from Persian gaur, probably from Arabic kāfir (see Kaffir).

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