काफ़िर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کافر (kāfir), Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel; unbeliever”).

Adjective

काफ़िर • (kāfir) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کافر)

1. (Islam) not believing, impious
2. (derogatory, figurative) wretched, villainous, ruthless

Noun

काफ़िर • (kāfir) m (Urdu spelling کافر)

1. (Islam) kafir (infidel, heathen)
2. (derogatory, figurative) wretch, villain

Declension

Declension of काफ़िर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	काफ़िर kāfir	काफ़िर kāfir
oblique	काफ़िर kāfir	काफ़िरों kāfirõ
vocative	काफ़िर kāfir	काफ़िरो kāfiro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “काफ़िर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “काफिर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “काफ़िर”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• “काफ़िर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.