different between kafir vs kufr

English

Alternative forms

• kâfir, k?fir

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (k?fir, “denier, unbeliever”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kä?fîr, IPA^(key): /?k??f??/

Noun

kafir (plural kuffar or kafirs)

1. (Islam) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in God as per Islam (Arabic: ???? All?h) or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.

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

• kafirize
• kafirness
• Kafirism

Related terms

• kufr

Translations

See also

• kufr
• takfir
• kaffir
• kefir

References

Anagrams

• fakir, farik

French

Noun

kafir m or f (plural kafirs)

1. Alternative form of kâfir

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Malay kafir, from Classical Malay kafir (“insidel”), from Arabic ??????? (k?fir, “denier, unbeliever”).
• The sense “non-Jew” is a semantic loan from Hebrew ?????? (goi, “nation”) and semantic loan from Ancient Greek ??????? (ethnikós).
• The sense “non-Christian” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ???? (rhaká).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ka.f?r]
• Hyphenation: ka?fir

Noun

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

1. unbeliever, non-believer, infidel
   1. (Islam) 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 non-Jew, a gentile.

Usage notes

This term is sometimes derogatory.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kafir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.f?ir/

Noun

kafir m pers

1. (Islam) kafir

Declension

Further reading

• kafir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (kufr), from the root ? ? ?? (k-f-r).

Noun

kufr (uncountable)

1. (Islam) Denial or rejection of Islam.

Related terms

• kafir
• takfir
• takfiri

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kufr?/

Noun

kufr m inan

1. suitcase
2. boot (of a car)

Declension

Derived terms

• kuf?ík

Further reading

• kufr in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• kufr in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989