List of English words of Arabic origin (C–F) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Arabic_origin_(C%E2%80%93F) English fanfare is from French fanfare , which is probably from Spanish fanfarria and fanfarrón and fanfarronear , meaning bluster, grandstanding, and a talker who is full of bravado. Spanish records also have the lesser-used variant forms farfantón | farfante with pretty much the same meaning as fanfarrón . The origin of the Spanish words is obscure and uncertain. An origin in the Arabic of medieval Spain is possible. One Arabic candidate is فرفر farfar | فرفار farfār | فرفرة farfara which is in the medieval Arabic dictionaries with meanings including "lightness and frivolity", "talkative", and "shouting". [77] [78] The medieval Arabic dictionaries' definitions of farfār | farfara are at فرفر | فرفار @ Baheth.info and Lane's Lexicon page 2357 . This proposed Arabic source-word for the Spanish fanfarria and...
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