kâfir

kâfir (plural kâfirs)

1. Alternative form of kafir.

• kafir, kouffar, kéfér (rare)

Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.fiʁ/ ~ /kɑ.fiʁ/

kâfir m or f by sense (plural kâfirs or kouffar)

1. (Islam) kafir (non-believer; any non-Muslim)

• “kâfir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• kafir

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كافر (kâfir), from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).

• IPA^(key): /caːˈfiɾ/
• Hyphenation: kâfir

kâfir (definite accusative kâfiri, plural kâfirler or (obsolete) küffar)

1. (Islam, religious slur) kafir, non-believer, non-Muslim

• “kâfir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kâfir”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kâfir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük