See also:

• GIAOUR (a Turkish adaptation of the Pers. gdwr or gbr, an infidel)

GIAOUR (a See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Pers. gdwr or gbr, an infidel)  , a word used by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks to describe all who are not Mahommedans, with especial reference to Christians . The word, first employed as a See also:

• TERM

term of contempt and reproach, has become so See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general that in most cases no insult• is intended in its use; similarly, in parts of See also:

• CHINA

China, the term " See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

devil " has become void of offence . A strict See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy to See also:

• GIAOUR (a Turkish adaptation of the Pers. gdwr or gbr, an infidel)

giaour is found in the Arabic kaffir, or unbeliever, which is so commonly in use as to have become the proper name of peoples and countries .