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kafir
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Princeton's WordNet
Kafirnoun
a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
Wiktionary
kafirnoun
Infidel, pagan, non-believer; a non-Muslim aside from ahl al-kitab (Christians, Jews, etc.).
kafirnoun
Infidel, pagan, non-believer; any non-Muslim.
Etymology: (kāfir) denier, concealer.
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kafir
In Islamic terminology, "kafir" refers to an individual who denies the existence of God or rejects the beliefs and teachings of Islam. The term is often translated into English as 'unbeliever' or 'disbeliever'. It is important to note that the term has different connotations within different contexts and may be considered offensive when used derogatorily.
Webster Dictionary
Kafirnoun
one of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs
Kafirnoun
one of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia
Wikidata
Kafir
Kafir is a denigrating Arabic term used in an Islamic doctrinal sense, usually translated as "unbeliever," "disbeliever," or "infidel." The term refers to a person who rejects God in Islam or who hides, denies, or covers the "islamic version of truth." The practise of declaring another Muslim as a kafir is takfir.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Kafir
kaf′ir, n. one of a native race of SE. Africa.—Kafir bread, the pith of a South African plant; Kafir corn, Indian millet. [Ar., unbeliever.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kafir in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kafir in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of kafir in a Sentence
Then I would have released more bullets on the Senate and the House of Representative members, and I would have attacked the Israeli Embassy and various other buildings full of kafir (a Muslim term for infidel) who want to wage war against us Muslims and shed our blood. That's what would happen.
This could very well be related to calls from ISIS -- especially a recent video featuring the Austrian Mohamed Mahmoud calling for attacks in Germany and Austria, saying: 'Take a huge knife and kill a kafir (disbeliever),'.
What would I have done? I would have took my gun, I would have put it to Obama's head and I would have pulled the trigger, then I would have released more bullets on the Senate and the House of Representative members, and I would have attacked the Israeli Embassy and various other buildings full of kafir (a Muslim term for infidel) who want to wage war against us Muslims and shed our blood. That's what would happen.
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- كافرArabic
- kafirAzerbaijani
- kafirSpanish
- کافرPersian
- काफिरHindi
- kafirHungarian
- գյավուրArmenian
- kafirIndonesian
- kafirItalian
- кяфи́р, гяу́р, кафи́рRussian
- kafir, кафирSerbo-Croatian
- qafirAlbanian
- కాఫిర్Telugu
- kâfirTurkish
- کافرUrdu
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