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giaour

  [jour]
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–noun Turkish.
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, esp. a Christian.
Origin:
1555–65; earlier gower, gour < Turk gâvur < Pers gaur, var. of gabr Zoroastrian, non-Muslim; sp. giaour < F, with gi- repr. Turk palatalized g, later taken as sp. for j
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giaour   (jour)   
n.   Islam
A nonbeliever; an infidel.

[Alteration of obsolete gower, gour, from Turkish gâvur, from Persian gabr, infidel, Zoroastrian, from Arabic kāfir, infidel, from kafr, village, from Aramaic kaprā; see kpr2 in Semitic roots.]
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giaour 
1564, Turk. term of contempt for non-Muslims, from Pers. gaur, variant of gabr "fire-worshipper," originally applied to the adherents of the Zoroastrian religion.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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