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Nu⋅ris⋅ta⋅ni

  [noor-uh-stah-nee, -stan-ee]
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–noun, plural -nis, (especially collectively) -ni for 1.
1. Kafir (def. 1).
2. Kafiri.
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Kaf⋅ir

  [kaf-er, key-fer, kah-]
–noun, plural -irs, (especially collectively) -ir.
1. Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
2. (lowercase) Islam. an infidel or unbeliever.
3. Kaffir (def. 1).
4. (lowercase) Also, kaffir. Also called kafir corn. a grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor caffrorum, having stout, short-jointed, leafy stalks, introduced into the U.S. from southern Africa.
Origin:
1795–1805; < Ar; see Kaffir

Kaf⋅i⋅ri

  [kaf-uh-ree, kuh-feer-ee]
–noun
an Indo-Iranian language, or small group of languages, of Nuristan, closely related to but not a part of the Indic subbranch.
Also called Nuristani.
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Nu·ri·sta·ni   (nŏŏr'ĭ-stä'nē)   
n.   pl. Nuristani or Nu·ri·sta·nis
A member of a Dardic-speaking people inhabiting parts of the Hindu Kush in northeast Afghanistan.
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