काफ़िर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کافر (kāfir), Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel; unbeliever”).

Adjective

काफ़िर • (kāfir) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کافر)

1. (Islam) not believing, impious
2. (derogatory, figurative) wretched, villainous, ruthless

Noun

काफ़िर • (kāfir) m (Urdu spelling کافر)

1. (Islam) kafir (infidel, heathen)
2. (derogatory, figurative) wretch, villain

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	काफ़िर kāfir	काफ़िर kāfir
oblique	काफ़िर kāfir	काफ़िरों kāfirõ
vocative	काफ़िर kāfir	काफ़िरो kāfiro

Declension of काफ़िर (masc cons-stem)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “काफ़िर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “काफिर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “काफ़िर”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• “काफ़िर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.