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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دار فور (Dār Fūr, “land of the Fur”).
Proper noun
دارفور • (darfur)
- Darfur: A region in western Sudan where the Fur live.
Descendants
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دارفور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 881
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 200
Persian
Proper noun
دارفور • (dârfur)
- Darfur