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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کافر (kāfir), Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel; unbeliever”).
Adjective
काफ़िर • (kāfir) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کافر)
- (Islam) not believing, impious
- (derogatory, figurative) wretched, villainous, ruthless
Noun
काफ़िर • (kāfir) m (Urdu spelling کافر)
- (Islam) kafir (infidel, heathen)
- (derogatory, figurative) wretch, villain
Declension
Declension of काफ़िर (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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काफ़िर kāfir
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काफ़िर kāfir
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oblique
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काफ़िर kāfir
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काफ़िरों kāfirõ
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vocative
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काफ़िर kāfir
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काफ़िरो kāfiro
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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 : 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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.