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kafir

/kaf-er, key-fer, kah-/US // ˈkæf ər, ˈkeɪ fər, ˈkɑ- //UK // (ˈkæfə) //

卡菲尔人,卡非尔,卡菲尔,卡菲儿

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural Kaf·irs, Kaf·ir.

    • : Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
    • : Islam. an infidel or unbeliever.
    • : Kaffir.
    • : Also kaffir. Also called kafir corn . a grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor caffrorum, having stout, short-jointed, leafy stalks, introduced into the U.S. from southern Africa.

Examples

  • He no doubt could have been roused to fury if a real kafir contributed to his younger brother preferring a-h-h-h-h to Allah.

  • Langalibalele is not a true Kafir at all: he is a Fingor, a half-caste tribe contemptuously christened by the Kafirs "dogs."

  • Probably a corruption of the popular term “Kafir,” ama being the plural sign.

  • Still Tryon answered not, but the Kafir's words struck a wild chord in his heart.

  • He has a good deal to say about the Kafir wine in that inimitable Diary of his, and his appreciation of 134 it was not great.

  • The few inhabitants who are hidden away in remote villages and hamlets belong to the great Kafir community.