Kaffir

Kaffir or Kafir may refer to:

Ethnicity and religion

• Kafir, an Arabic term alluding to a person who rejects or disbelieves in Allah, God
• Kaffir (racial term), term used in South Africa to refer to a black person; originally a neutral designation now often an ethnic slur.
• The Nuristani people descendants of the Hindukush Kafir people
• Sri Lanka Kaffir people, an ethnic group

Languages

• Fanagalo, a Zulu-based pidgin language once referred to as Kitchen Kaffir. Fanagalo is a common language spoken between diverse groups.
• Sri Lanka Kaffir language, a creole spoken by that people
• Kafiiri or Kafiristani, terms for the Nuristani languages

Places

• Kaffraria or British Kaffraria, a former designation for King William's Town and East London, South Africa
• Kafir, Idlib, a village in Syria
• Kafiristan, the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan

Plants

• Kaffir lime, a variety of lime fruit native to Indonesia also known as a makrut lime
• Kaffir lily (disambiguation), one of two flowers found in southern Africa:
  • Clivia miniata
  • Hesperantha coccinea
• Kafir, kaffir or kaffircorn, another name for the grain sorghum
• Kaffir boom (Erythrina lysistemon), a species of tree in the family Fabaceae

Other uses

• Kafir harp
• Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine built by the Sunbeam car company
• African wildcat, formerly known as the Kaffir cat

See also

• Kefir, fermented milk drink