kaffer
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈkɑ.fər/
noun
Definitions
- (originally) A non-believer or an infidel from the Muslim viewpoint.
- (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.
Etymology
Derived from Arabic كَافِر (unbeliever, infidel, denier, concealer).
Origin
Arabic
كَافِر
Gloss
unbeliever, infidel, denier, concealer
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kafir English
- kafferlelie Dutch, Flemish
- lelie Dutch, Flemish
- cafard French
- kâfir French
- cafre Spanish, Castilian
- kaffer Norwegian Bokmål
- káfir Czech
- كَافِر Arabic
- كَفَّار Arabic
- کافر Persian
- kâfir Turkish
- Kafferland Afrikaans
- kaffer Afrikaans
- kafferboom Afrikaans
- kafferboontjie Afrikaans
- kafferkoring Afrikaans
- kafferkraai Afrikaans
- kafferpak Afrikaans
- kaffertulp Afrikaans
- ကပ္ပလီ Burmese
- кәпір Kazakh
- كافر Ottoman Turkish
- káfir Slovak
- kafiri Swahili
- kafir ms-cla
- kafeir Dongxiang
- kafiri Maore Comorian