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kafir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • giaour noun A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.
  • infidel noun A person who does not believe in a particular religion, especially as viewed by believers of that religion.
  • kafir noun A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.

Senses

kafir is used for these senses in English:

  • giaour (religious slur) A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.
  • kafir (Islam, countable, offensive, religious slur, political) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.

infidel — full definition

  1. noun A person who does not believe in a particular religion, especially as viewed by believers of that religion.
  2. adj Rejecting or lacking a particular religious faith.

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