Old French

Noun

tafur m ‎(oblique plural tafurs, nominative singular tafurs, nominative plural tafur)

1. Saracen
2. rascal
3. beggar

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tafur)
• tafur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• taful

Etymology

From Arabic تَكْفُور ‎(takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր ‎(tʿagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր ‎(tʿagawor, “king”), from Parthian.

Cognate with Old Spanish tafur (Modern tahúr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈfuɾ/

Noun

tafur m

1. gambler
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 154 (facsimile):

     Como un tafur tirou con hũa baeſta hũa seeta cõtra o ceo con ſanna p̈ q̇ pdera. p̃ q̃ cuidaua q̇ firia a deos o.ſ.M̃.

     How a gambler shot, with a crossbow, a bolt at the sky, wrathful because he had lost. Because he wanted it to wound God or Holy Mary.

Derived terms

• tafuraria

Descendants

• Galician: tafur
• Portuguese: taful