kâfir

See also: kafir

French

Alternative forms

• kafir, kouffar, kéfér (rare)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.fiʁ/, /kɑ.fiʁ/

Noun

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

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

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كافر (ḱafir), from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /caːˈfiɾ/, [cʰɑːˈfiɾ̞̊]

Noun

kâfir (definite accusative kâfiri, plural kâfirler or küffar)

1. kafir, non-believer, non-Muslim

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kâfir
Definite accusative	kâfiri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kâfir	kâfirler
Definite accusative	kâfiri	kâfirleri
Dative	kâfire	kâfirlere
Locative	kâfirde	kâfirlerde
Ablative	kâfirden	kâfirlerden
Genitive	kâfirin	kâfirlerin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular kâfirim kâfirlerim 2nd singular kâfirsin kâfirlersin 3rd singular kâfir kâfirdir kâfirler kâfirlerdir 1st plural kâfiriz kâfirleriz 2nd plural kâfirsiniz kâfirlersiniz 3rd plural kâfirler kâfirlerdir