kafirkan

Indonesian

Etymology

From kafir +‎ -kan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kaˈfirkan/ [kaˈfir.kan]
• Rhymes: -irkan
• Syllabification: ka‧fir‧kan

Verb

kafirkan (active mengafirkan or mengkafirkan, passive dikafirkan)

1. to kafirize, accuse being a kafir

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of kafir +‎ -kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka.fe(r).kan]
• Hyphenation: ka‧fir‧kan

Verb

kafirkan (Jawi spelling کافيرکن, active mengkafirkan, 3rd person passive dikafirkan)

1. (transitive) To consider or say someone is a kafir.
   • 2024, Muhammad Azizul Osman, “Perbuatan mengkafirkan sesama umat Islam fenomena bahaya, ekstrem - Mufti [Act of considering others kafirs amongst Muslims a dangerous and extreme phenomenon - Mufti]”, in Harian Metro‎^[1]:

     "Para ulama sudah bersepakat memutuskan bahawa tiada mana-mana orang yang berhak mengkafirkan seorang Muslim meskipun dia didapati melakukan apa-apa perbuatan maksiat.

     "The ulema have together decided that no person has the right to consider another Muslim a kafir even if they have been caught doing any vice acts.

Further reading

• “mengkafirkan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.