qafir

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kafir — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كافر (kafir), from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, concealer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cɑfiɾ]

Noun

qafir m (plural qafira, definite qafiri, definite plural qafirat)

1. (Islam) Infidel, atheist, pagan, non-believer, disbeliever, faithless, godless, heretic, miscreant ; a non-Muslim aside from ahl al-kitab (Christians, Jews, etc.).

Further reading

• Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 563, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN.