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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
giaour /ˈdʒaʊə/

▶noun archaic, derogatory a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.

– origin from Turk. gâvur, from Pers. gaur, prob. from Arab. kāfir (see Kaffir).

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