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 fanfarrón was reported by Gilles Ménage in his Dictionnaire Etymologique back in year 1670 – ref. Today it is contemplated but not fully endorsed at fanfarrón @ RAE.es, farfante @ RAE.es, fanfaron @ CNRTL.fr, fanfaronade @ American Heritage Dictionary and fanfare @ Etymonline.com.
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The language of the Asparukh and Kuber Bulgars, Vocabulary and grammar
Old Bulgar words preserved in the modern Bulgarian language: U - F - KH
https://groznijat.tripod.com/b_lang/bl_u_kh.html
Modern Bulgarian
FARFALAK – a top, a whipping-top (in the district of Sofia, etc.)
Eastern analogies
FARFAR (‘to spin’) [GASK, 345]
FARFALAG (‘a top’) [LRS, 333]
Cluster_user's ottoman parallels
turk. ferferek (whirligig) < pers. ferfereg (probably based on `ar. farfara (to flutter)
Modern Bulgarian
FARFARA – feather-brain
Eastern analogies
Obviously derived from FARFAR (‘to spin’).
FARFARA literally meant ‘scatter-brained man’
Cluster_user's ottoman parallels
turk. farfara (fickle, braggart) < `ar. farfara(t) (to flutter, normally rendered in turkish ferfere)
Word фарфалаг
https://ids.clld.org/units/165-617
| Phonemic |
| farfalag |
Meanings
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Dictionaries of the Scots Language Dictionars o the Scots Leid
https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/farfar
FARFAR, n. The local Ags. form of Forfar, the county town of Angus. Phrs.: (1) a Farfar shot, in bowls, a hit-or-miss shot (Ags.16, Fif.14 1947); (2) to play Farfar, to play the lower of two or more cards which are in sequence, even when there is no advantage in doing so (Ags. 1953 Forfar Dispatch (10 Sept.)). (3) Forfar latchkey, a jocular name for a corkscrew (Ags. 1961 People's Jnl. (14 Jan.)
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