"kafir" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑːfɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑːfɪɹ/ [General-American] Forms: kuffar [plural], kafirs [plural]
enPR: käʹfîr [General-American] Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). Doublet of kaffir. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|كَافِر||denier, unbeliever}} Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”), {{doublet|en|kaffir}} Doublet of kaffir, {{root|en|ar|ك ف ر}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~|kuffar|s}} kafir (countable and uncountable, plural kuffar or kafirs)
  1. (Islam, countable, offensive, religious slur, politics) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim. Tags: countable, offensive, slur Categories (topical): Islam, Politics, Islamism, People Translations (infidel, non-Muslim): qafir [masculine] (Albanian), كَافِر (kāfir) [masculine] (Arabic), գյավուր (gyavur) (Armenian), kafir (Azerbaijani), gavur (Azerbaijani), кафыр (kafır) (Bashkir), কাফির (kaphir) (Bengali), гяу́р (gjaúr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), кафыр (kafɨr) [Dungan] (Chinese), 卡菲勒 (kǎfēilè) (Chinese Mandarin), 卡菲爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 卡菲尔 (kǎfēi'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), káfir [masculine] (Czech), kafeir [masculine] (Dongxiang), kafiiri (Finnish), kâfir [masculine] (French), kafir [masculine] (French), გიაური (giauri) (Georgian), Kafir [masculine] (German), kāfìr̃ī (Hausa), काफ़िर (kāfir) [masculine] (Hindi), काफिर (kāphir) [masculine] (Hindi), गब्र (gabra) [masculine] (Hindi), kafir (Indonesian), カーフィル (kāfiru) (Japanese), кәпір (käpır) (Kazakh), 카피르 (kapireu) (Korean), каапыр (kaapır) (Kyrgyz), ќафир (ḱafir) [masculine] (Macedonian), ѓаур (ǵaur) [masculine] (Macedonian), kafir (Malay), കാഫിർ (kāphiṟ) (Malayalam), കാഫിറ് (kāphiṟŭ) (Malayalam), kafiri (Maore Comorian), काफिर (kāphir) (Nepali), каьпир (käpir) (Nogai), káfìri (Nupe), کافر (kāfér) (Pashto), کافر (kâfer) (Persian), گبر (gabr) (Persian), kafir (Polish), cafre [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), kafér (Rohingya), ка́фи́р (káfír) [masculine] (Russian), кя́фи́р (kjáfír) [masculine] (Russian), гяу́р (gjaúr) [masculine] (Russian), кафир [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kafir [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), káfir [masculine] (Slovak), cafre [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), kafiri [class-5, class-6] (Swahili), кофир (kofir) (Tajik), габр (gabr) (Tajik), காஃபிர் (kāfir) (Tamil), көфер (köfer) (Tatar), көферлек (köferlek) (Tatar), กาเฟร (Thai), กาฟิร (Thai), kâfir (Turkish), gâvur [derogatory] (Turkish), kapyr (Turkmen), kapyrlyk (Turkmen), кафі́р (kafír) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кяфі́р (kjafír) [masculine] (Ukrainian), کافر (kāfir) [masculine] (Urdu), كاپىر (kapir) (Uyghur), kofir (Uzbek), gʻayridin (Uzbek), kèfèrí (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-kafir-en-noun-qPhw71h4 Disambiguation of Islamism: 75 25 Disambiguation of People: 73 27 Categories (other): English religious slurs, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Topics: Islam, government, lifestyle, politics, religion Disambiguation of 'infidel, non-Muslim': 69 31
  2. (uncountable) Short for kafir corn. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: kafir corn
    Sense id: en-kafir-en-noun-hB8ijH3r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kâfir, kāfir Derived forms: kafirize, kafirness, Kafirism Related terms: kufr, takfir, kaffir, kefir

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          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kāfiru",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
          "word": "カーフィル"
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          "code": "kk",
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          "roman": "käpır",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
          "word": "кәпір"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kapireu",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
          "word": "카피르"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ǵaur",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ѓаур"
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          "lang": "Malay",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kāphiṟ",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
          "word": "കാഫിർ"
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          "roman": "kāphiṟŭ",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
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          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "roman": "gabr",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
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          "word": "ка́фи́р"
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          "roman": "kjáfír",
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          "word": "кя́фи́р"
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          "roman": "gjaúr",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
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          "roman": "gabr",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
          "word": "габр"
        },
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          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "kāfir",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
          "word": "காஃபிர்"
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          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "köfer",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
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          "_dis1": "69 31",
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          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "köferlek",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
          "word": "көферлек"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
          "word": "กาเฟร"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "kapir",
      "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
      "word": "كاپىر"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
      "word": "kofir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
      "word": "gʻayridin"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "infidel, non-Muslim",
      "word": "kèfèrí"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "kafir"
  ],
  "word": "kafir"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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