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Where does “کفر” come from?
کفر (Urdu) comes from Arabic كُفْر, from Arabic ف, from Arabic نَفِدَ — to run out, to give out.
Ancestry of “کفر”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
كُفْر
pitch, tar
2
Arabic
ف
then, and then; and so, thus, hence, therefore;...
3
Arabic
نَفِدَ
to run out, to give out
Words derived from “کفر”
குபுர்
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