কাফের

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). Cognate with Hindi काफ़िर (kāfir), Konkani काफीर (kāfīr)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kafeɾ/, [ˈkafeɾ], /kafiɾ/, [ˈkafiɾ], /kæfeɾ/, [ˈkæfeɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kafeɹ/, [ˈkafeɹ], /kafiɹ/, [ˈkafiɹ], /kɛfeɹ/, [ˈkɛfeɹ]

Noun

কাফের • (kapher)

1. (Islam) kafir (someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim)