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Although the ancient Egyptian language had not yet been deciphered, Court de Gébelin asserted the name "Tarot" came from the Egyptian words Tar, "path" or "road", and the word Ro, Ros, or Rog, meaning "King" or "royal", and that the word literally translated to "the Royal Road of Life". [19]
The word trull is derived from the French tous les trois which means "all three". In spite of its French roots the term is not common in the game of French tarot , where the trull cards are called les bouts ("butts", "ends") or, in earlier times, les oudlers , which has no other meaning.
The word "tarot" [21] and German Tarock derive from the Italian Tarocchi, the origin of which is uncertain, although taroch was used as a synonym for foolishness in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. [22] [23] The decks were known exclusively as Trionfi during the fifteenth century. The new name first appeared in Brescia around 1502 as ...
Hand of cards during a game. The following is a glossary of terms used in card games.Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to bridge, hearts, poker or rummy), but apply to a wide range of card games played with non-proprietary pac
Galician Tarok (Polish: Tarok galicyjski) is a form of Tarot card game played by three players with a pack of 42 cards that was formerly popular in southern Poland.It is over 100 years old and may be related to the current Polish Taroki four-hand variant in which a King is called for a partner.
Tarot games are card games played with tarot packs designed for card play and which have a permanent trump suit alongside the usual four card suits. The games and packs which English-speakers call by the French name tarot are called tarocchi in the original Italian, Tarock in German and similar words in other languages.
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Traditionally, it is the lowest of the 22 trump cards, in tarot card reading called the 22 Major Arcana. However, in tarot card games it developed to be not one of the (then 21) trump cards but a special card, serving a unique purpose by itself. In later Central European tarot card games, it re-developed to now become the highest trump.