Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). Cognate with Hindi काफ़िर (kāfir), Konkani काफीर (kāfīr)
Pronunciation
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /kafeɾ/, [ˈkafeɾ], /kafiɾ/, [ˈkafiɾ], /kæfeɾ/, [ˈkæfeɾ]
- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kafeɹ/, [ˈkafeɹ], /kafiɹ/, [ˈkafiɹ], /kɛfeɹ/, [ˈkɛfeɹ]
Noun
কাফের • (kapher)
- (Islam) kafir (someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim)