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Kafiristan

Kafiristan proper noun: a region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and its surroundings.

Proper noun

Kafiristan

  1. (historical) A region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and its surroundings.

Kafiristan meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Persian

Kafiristan in Hindi

historical region
काफ़िरिस्तान kāfiristān

Kafiristan in Urdu

historical region
کافرستان kāfiristān

Kafiristan in Persian

historical region
کافرستان

Forms of Kafiristan

alternative formKaffiristan
alternative formKafirstan
alternative form (obsolete)Cafiristan

Questions about Kafiristan

What does Kafiristan mean?
Kafiristan means a region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and its surroundings.
What is Kafiristan in Hindi?
Kafiristan in Hindi is काफ़िरिस्तान (kāfiristān). See Kafiristan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Kafiristan?
Kafiristan is a proper noun.

Words near Kafiristan in the dictionary

  1. Kafir harp
  2. Kafir harps
  3. kafirin
  4. kafirins
  5. Kafirism
  6. Kafiristan
  7. kafirization
  8. kafirize
  9. kafirized
  10. kafirizes
  11. kafirizing

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