كافر

Meaning

1. (active, form-of, participle) active participle of كَفَرَ (kafara)
2. (obsolete) farmer
3. disbeliever, unbeliever
4. (slur) disbeliever, infidel
5. ingrate, ungrateful

Concepts

heathen

faithless

gentile

giaour

infidel

irreligious

kafir

pagan

atheist

unbelieving

Synonyms

ملحد

وثني

همجي

Translations

gavur

pagão

impío

athée

pagano

Heide

païen

heidnisch

άθρησκος

Heidin

ασεβής

παγανιστικός

Gottesleugner

ειδωλολάτρης

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaː.fir/

Etymology

Active participle of the verb كَفَرَ (kafara, “to disbelieve; to cover; to conceal”) from the root ك ف ر (k f r).