کافر

See also: كافر

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic كافر (kāfir).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaː.ˈfir/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.fɪ́ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.fɪ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.fɪ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.fíɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.féɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.fíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāfir
Dari reading?	kāfir
Iranian reading?	kâfer
Tajik reading?	kofir

Noun

کافر • (kāfir / kâfer) (plural کافرها (kāfir-hā / kâfer-hâ), Tajik spelling кофир)

1. unbeliever
2. infidel
3. a native or resident of Kabul

Descendants

• Tajik: кофир (kofir)
• → Chagatai: کافر (kāfir)
  • Uyghur: كاپىر (kapir)
  • Uzbek: kofir
  • → Kazakh: кәпір (käpır)
  • → Kyrgyz: каапыр (kaapır)
  • → Turkmen: kapyr
• → Hindustani:

Hindi: काफ़िर (kāfir)

Urdu: کافر (kāfir)

• → Tatar: көфер (köfer)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian کافر (kāfir), from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir).

Noun

کافر • (kāfir) m (Hindi spelling काफ़िर)

1. unbeliever
2. infidel
3. kafir

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu کافر (kāfir).

Noun

کافر (kāfir)

1. atheist, Godless
2. unbeliever
3. infidel
4. kafir