köken: Inherited from Old Spanish tafur, from Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”). The first part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *teg-, the second part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Galician tafur, Portuguese taful and…
köken: Probably from Latin bārō (“simpleton”). Or, from Late Latin baraliāre (“dispute, quarrel”), probably from Paleo-Hispanic. Cognate with Spanish barajar and Catalan baralla (“deck of cards”), Portuguese baralhar (“to shuffle cards”).
a cardsharp (someone who cheats at cards) · a cheat (someone who cheats at games more generally) · someone who engages in dishonest dealings, a hustler