Kafir

[ kaf-er, key-fer, kah- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural Kaf·irs, (especially collectively) Kaf·ir.

Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
none kaf·ir. Islam. a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever.
Kaffir ( def 1 ).
none kaf·ir. Also kaf·fir. a grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor caffrorum, having stout, short-jointed, leafy stalks, introduced into the United States from southern Africa. Also called kaf·ir corn [kaf, -er , kawrn].

Kafir

/ ˈkæfə /

Origin of Kafir¹

First recorded in 1830–40 as Kaffirs; Kaffir

Origin of Kafir¹

C19: from Arabic; see Kaffir

He no doubt could have been roused to fury if a real kafir contributed to his younger brother preferring a-h-h-h-h to Allah.

Langalibalele is not a true Kafir at all: he is a Fingor, a half-caste tribe contemptuously christened by the Kafirs "dogs."

Probably a corruption of the popular term “Kafir,” ama being the plural sign.

Still Tryon answered not, but the Kafir's words struck a wild chord in his heart.

He has a good deal to say about the Kafir wine in that inimitable Diary of his, and his appreciation of 134 it was not great.

The few inhabitants who are hidden away in remote villages and hamlets belong to the great Kafir community.

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