Kafir

American  

[kaf-er, key-fer, kah-] / ˈkæf ər, ˈkeɪ fər, ˈkɑ- /

noun

plural

Kafirs,

plural

Kafir

1. Also called Nuristani.  a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.

2. Islam. none kafir a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever.

3. Kaffir.

4. Also called kafir corn.  none kafir Also kaffir. a grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor caffrorum, having stout, short-jointed, leafy stalks, introduced into the United States from southern Africa.

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Kafir British  

/ ˈkæfə /

noun

1. another name for the Nuri

2. a variant spelling of Kaffir

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Etymology

Origin of Kafir

First recorded in 1830–40 as Kaffirs; see origin at Kaffir

Example Sentences

"Kafir" is one spelling of an Arabic word commonly used for "unbeliever".

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2023

She writes of attending the wedding of a young girl, a native of the Kafir tribe: “Kafir girls dread being married, for it is simply taking a hard place without wages.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 25, 2020

The Ashkar family’s love of winemaking did not diminish with their move to Kafir Yassif, 30 km away.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2019

“We fill a niche,” said Nemi Ashkar during a tour of his winery in Kafir Yassif.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2019

Well, it’s lucky Jack Kafir took the throuble off your hands, me boy, or it’s on your way to the Orange River ye’d have to be now, and meself, too, likely enough.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram