inhabitant of British Kaffraria, a former British colony in South Africa · ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees
çekim: çoğul cafres
köken: From Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).
not believing, impious · wretched, villainous, ruthless
çekim: çoğul काफ़िरों
köken: Etymology tree Arabic كَفَرَ (kafara) Arabic كَافِر (kāfir)bor. Classical Persian کَافِر (kāfir)bor. Hindi काफ़िर Borrowed from Classical Persian کَافِر (kāfir), borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir).
unbeliever, non-believer, infidel · a kafir, a disbeliever, a denier, someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim · non-Christian
çekim: çoğul kafir-kafir
köken: From Malay kafir, from Classical Malay kafir (“infidel”), from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). * The sense “non-Jew” is a semantic loan from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”) and semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós).