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kafir

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See also: kâfir

English

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It has been requested that this entry be merged with kaffir(+).

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). Doublet of kaffir.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.
    Antonym: Muslim
  3. (uncountable) Ellipsis of kafir corn.
    • 1914, Omar Orlando Churchill, Forage and Silage Crops for Oklahoma, page 10:
      Kafir makes better forage than the duras.
    • 1918, Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, page 568:
      Kafir is confined practically to the Southwestern States where, owing to its drought resistant character, it has become an important crop.

Usage notes

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  • Some people use the term to refer to any non-Muslim,[1] but others consider this an error.[2][3] The term is sometimes derogatory.[4][5][6]

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shaykh Al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah, v. 27, p. 264: “Whosoever does not forbid people from the deen of the Jews and Christians after the prophethood of the messenger Muhammad (saw) nor declares them kafir nor hates them, he is not a Muslim by the consensus of ALL Muslims, their scholars and the general public.”
  2. ^ Ahmed Affi, Hassan Affi Contemporary Interpretation of Islamic Law (Troubador Publishing Ltd 2014, →ISBN), page 12
  3. ^ Asghar Ali Engineer, Islam in Contemporary World (Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd 2007, →ISBN), xvi
  4. ^ Rajan, Julie (2015 January 30) Al Qaeda’s Global Crisis: The Islamic State, Takfir and the Genocide of Muslims‎[1], Routledge, retrieved 27 August 2015, page cii
  5. ^ Bunt, Gary (2009) Muslims‎[2], The Other Press, retrieved 27 August 2015, page ccxxiv
  6. ^ Pruniere, Gerard (2007 January 1) Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide‎[3], Cornell University Press, retrieved 27 August 2015, page xvi

Anagrams

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French

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Noun

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kafir m or f by sense (plural kafirs)

  1. Alternative form of kâfir

Further reading

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay kafir, from Classical Malay kafir (“infidel”), from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kafir (plural kafir-kafir)

  1. (in general senses) unbeliever, non-believer, infidel
  2. (Islam) a kafir, a disbeliever, a denier, someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim
  3. (Christianity) non-Christian
  4. (Christianity, Jewish) gentile, non-Jew

Usage notes

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This term is sometimes derogatory.

Derived terms

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.fir/, [ka.fe(r)]
  • Rhymes: -afir
  • Hyphenation: ka‧fir

Noun

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kafir (Jawi spelling کافير, plural kafir-kafir)

  1. (Islam, offensive, religious slur) A kafir, a disbeliever, a denier: someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim.

Usage notes

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  • This term is considered offensive by non-Muslims.
  • To avoid offence, terms such as orang bukan Islam and orang bukan Muslim, respectively meaning a person who is "non-Islam" and a person who is "non-Muslim", are often used instead.

Affixations

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Compounds

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Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.fir/
  • Rhymes: -afir
  • Syllabification: ka‧fir

Noun

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kafir m pers

  1. (Islam) kafir

Declension

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Declension of kafir
singular plural
nominative kafir kafirzy/kafiry (deprecative)
genitive kafira kafirów
dative kafirowi kafirom
accusative kafira kafirów
instrumental kafirem kafirami
locative kafirze kafirach
vocative kafirze kafirzy

Further reading

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  • kafir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir).

Noun

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kafir c

  1. (Islam) kafir
    • 1910, Sven Hedin, Öfver land till Indien I‎[5], Albert Bonnier, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 2025-03-30, page 157:
      Men jag är »kafir» i deras ögon och muhamedanerna äta icke från samma fat som en hedning.
      But I'm a "kafir" in their eyes, and Mohammedans don't eat from the same plate as a pagan.
    • 2015 June 8, Maria Rashidi, “'När får vi vårt första svenska förortskalifat?'”, in Göteborgs-Posten‎[6], archived from the original on 2024-04-06:
      Egentligen talar hon om islamister som – till skillnad från många liberala, demokratiska och sekulära muslimer – anser att västerlänningar/kafirer är fiender till deras Gud.
      In reality, she's talking about islamists who – in contrast to many liberal, democratic, and secular Muslims – think that Westerners/kafirs are enemies of their God.
    • 2017 May 15, Magda Gad, “Kan bli de värsta striderna hittills”, in Expressen‎[7], archived from the original on 2024-04-25:
      Saudis kungahus [...] välkomna[de] [...] amerikanska soldater, kafirer som inte tror på islam, till saudisk helig mark.
      The Saudi royal family welcomed American soldiers, kafirs who don't believe in Islam, to Saudi holy ground.

Declension

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Declension of kafir
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kafir kafirs
definite kafiren kafirens
plural indefinite kafirer kafirers
definite kafirerna kafirernas
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References

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