kafir

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See also: kâfir

English[edit]

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

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Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

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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
  2. (uncountable) Short for 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[edit]

  • 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]

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References[edit]

  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

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French[edit]

Noun[edit]

kafir m or f by sense (plural kafirs)

  1. Alternative form of kâfir

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈka.fɪr]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧fir

Noun[edit]

kafir (first-person possessive kafirku, second-person possessive kafirmu, third-person possessive kafirnya)

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

Usage notes[edit]

This term is sometimes derogatory.

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Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

kafir m pers

  1. (Islam) kafir

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

  • kafir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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