qafir

Albanian

Alternative forms

(Gheg) kafir
(Afrikaans) kaffer

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كافر‎ (kafir), from Arabic كَافِر‎ (kāfir, “denier, concealer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [cɑfiɾ]

Noun

qafir m (indefinite plural qafira, definite singular qafiri, definite plural qafirat) ^[1]

(Islam) Infidel, atheist, pagan, non-believer, disbeliever, faithless, godless, heretic, miscreant ; a non-Muslim aside from ahl al-kitab (Christians, Jews, etc.).

References

↑ Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 563, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, ISBN 99927-726-4-6

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