taful

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ta.ˈful/

Noun

taful m

  1. Alternative form of tafur

Portuguese

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈfuw/ [taˈfuʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐˈful/ [tɐˈfuɫ]

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ful

Adjective

taful m or f (plural tafuis)

  1. dandyish

Noun

taful m or f by sense (plural tafuis)

  1. dandy
  2. gambler
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