Where does “كفر” come from?

كفر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic كُفْر, from Arabic ف, from Arabic نَفِدَ — to run out, to give out.

كفر (Ottoman Turkish): disbelief, incredulity, the inability to believe that something is the case

Definitions

  1. disbelief, incredulity, the inability to believe that something is the case

Ancestry of “كفر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكُفْرpitch, tar
2Arabicفthen, and then; and so, thus, hence, therefore;...
3Arabicنَفِدَto run out, to give out

Words derived from “كفر”

Every word from Arabic نَفِدَ →Every word from Arabic ف →Every word from Arabic كُفْر →