kafir

== English == === Alternative forms === kâfir, kāfir === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). Doublet of kaffir. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæfə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæfɚ/ Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ) === Noun === kafir (countable and uncountable, plural kuffar or kafirs or kafirun) (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 (uncountable) Ellipsis of kafir corn. ==== Usage notes ==== Some people use the term to refer to any non-Muslim, but others consider this an error. The term is sometimes derogatory. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== kufr Kufra ==== Translations ==== === See also === kufr takfir kaffir kefir === References === === Anagrams === fakir, farik == French == === Noun === kafir m or f by sense (plural kafirs) alternative form of kâfir === Further reading === “kafir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay kafir, from Classical Malay kafir (“infidel”), from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). The sense “non-Jew” is a semantic loan from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”) and semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkafir/ [ˈka.fɪr] Rhymes: -afir Syllabification: ka‧fir === Noun === kafir (plural kafir-kafir) (in general senses) unbeliever, non-believer, infidel (Islam) a kafir, a disbeliever, a denier, someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim (Christianity) non-Christian (Christianity, Jewish) gentile, non-Jew ==== Usage notes ==== This term is sometimes derogatory. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kafir”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Alternative forms === kapir (colloquial, nonstandard) === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). === Pronunciation === (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA(key): /ˈkafe(r)/ [ˈka.fe(r)] Rhymes: -afe(r), -fe(r), -e(r) (Literary Standard) IPA(key): /ˈkafir/ [ˈka.fir] Rhymes: -afir, -fir, -ir Hyphenation: ka‧fir === Noun === kafir (Jawi spelling کافير, plural kafir-kafir or kafir2) (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 ==== This term is considered racist and offensive by non-Muslim Malaysians as it is often used pejoratively against non-Muslims who are also of non-Malay backgrounds. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: kafir (inherited) === References === === Further reading === "kafir" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.fir/ Rhymes: -afir Syllabification: ka‧fir === Noun === kafir m pers (Islam) kafir ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “kafir”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[6] (in Polish) == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir). === Noun === kafir c (Islam) kafir ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== icke-muslim (“non-Muslim”) === References === “kafir”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Kāfir in Nordisk familjebok (1st ed., 1884)