Kaffir or Kafir may refer to:

Ethnicity and religion

Kafir Kafir ( ar, كافر '; plural ', ' or '; feminine '; feminine plural ' or ') is an Arabic and Islamic term which, in the Islamic tradition, refers to a person who disbelieves in God as per Islam, or denies his authority, or rejects ...

, an Arabic term for an infidel *

Kaffir (racial term) Kaffir (, Afrikaans: "kaffer") is an ethnic slur which is used in reference to black Africans in South Africa. Derived from the Arabic word ''Kafir'' meaning "nonbeliever", particularly of Islam. In the form of ''cafri'', it evolved from its r ...

, an ethnic slur in South Africa referring to a black person *The

Nuristani people The Nuristanis, formerly known as Kafiristanis, are an ethnic group native to the Nuristan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. Their languages comprise the Nuristani branch of Indo-Iranian langua ...

, an ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan *

Sri Lanka Kaffir people The Sri Lankan Kaffirs (cafrinhas in Portuguese, කාපිරි ''kāpiriyō'' in Sinhala, and காப்பிலி ''kāpili'' in Tamil) are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are partially descended from 16th-century Portuguese traders an ...

, an ethnic group

Languages

Fanagalo Fanagalo, or Fanakalo, is a vernacular or pidgin based primarily on Zulu with input from English and a small amount of Afrikaans input. It is used as a lingua franca, mainly in the gold, diamond, coal and copper mining industries in South Afr ...

, a Zulu-based pidgin language once referred to as ''Kitchen Kaffir'' * Sri Lanka Kaffir language, a creole spoken by that people *Kafiiri or Kafiristani, terms for the

Nuristani languages The Nuristani languages, formerly known as Kafiri languages, are one of the three groups within the Indo-Iranian language family, alongside the much larger Indo-Aryan and Iranian groups. They have approximately 130,000 speakers primarily in ea ...

of the Hindu Kush

Places

Kaffraria Kaffraria was the descriptive name given to the southeast part of what is today the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Kaffraria, i.e. the land of the Kaffirs, is no longer an official designation (with the term ''kaffir'' now an offensive racial s ...

British Kaffraria British Kaffraria was a British colony/subordinate administrative entity in present-day South Africa, consisting of the districts now known as Qonce and East London. It was also called Queen Adelaide's Province. The British Kaffraria was establish ...

, a former designation for King William's Town and East London, South Africa * Kafir, Idlib, a village in Syria *

Kafiristan Kāfiristān, or Kāfirstān ( ps, کاپیرستان, prs, کافرستان), is a historical region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and Chitral District of Pakistan. This historic region lies on, and mainly comprises ...

, the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan *

Kaffrine Kaffrine (Wolof: Kafrin) is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal. Agriculture Kaffrine lies in Senegal's Peanut Basin. Peanuts are the second most common crop for the people of Kaffrine, only behind Millet. Both crops are grown by o ...

, a city in Senegal

Plants

Kaffir lime ''Citrus hystrix'', called the kaffir lime or makrut lime, (, ) is a citrus fruit native to tropical Southeast Asia. Its fruit and leaves are used in Southeast Asian cuisine, and its essential oil is used in perfumery. Its rind and crushed leave ...

, a variety of lime fruit native to Indonesia also known as a ''makrut'' lime *

Kaffir lily (disambiguation) Kaffir lily is a common name which may refer to the following ornamental plants: * ''Clivia miniata'' in the family Amaryllidaceae * ''Hesperantha coccinea'' syn. ''Schizostylis coccinea'' in the family Iridaceae Iridaceae is a family of plants ...

, one of two flowers found in southern Africa: **''

Clivia miniata ''Clivia miniata'', the Natal lily or bush lily, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Clivia'' of the family Amaryllidaceae, native to woodland habitats in South Africa (Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces) as well as i ...

'' **''

Hesperantha coccinea ''Hesperantha coccinea'', the river lily, or crimson flag lily (syn. ''Schizostylis coccinea'' Backh. & Harv.), is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae, native to Southern Africa and Zimbabwe. It is a semievergreen perennial ...

'' *Kafir, kaffir or kaffircorn, another name for the grain

sorghum ''Sorghum'' () is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae). Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. One species is grown for grain, while many othe ...

* Kaffir boom (''

Erythrina lysistemon ''Erythrina lysistemon'' is a species of deciduous tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to South Africa. Common names include common coral-tree, lucky bean tree, umsintsi (Xhosa), muvhale (Venda), mophete (Tswana), koraalboom of kann ...

''), a species of tree in the family Fabaceae

Other uses

Kaafir (Pakistani TV series) Kaafir ( ur, ) (English: Disbeliever) is a 22 episodic Pakistani psychological thriller television series, produced by Samina Humayun Saeed and Shahzad Nasib under the production banner Six Sigma Entertainment. It is directed by Shahid Shafaa ...

, a 2011 television series * ''Kaafir'' (Indian TV series), a 2019 Indian web television series *

Kafir harp The Kafir harp (known in the local language as waj, waji, vaj or vaji) is a traditional four- or five-stringed arched harp used by the Nuristanis native to the Nuristan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and Lower Chitral District of northwestern ...

Sunbeam Kaffir The Sunbeam Arab was a British First World War era aero engine. Design and development By 1916 the demand for aero-engines was placing huge demands on manufacturing. To help ease the pressure the War Office standardised on engines of about ; ...

, an engine built by the Sunbeam car company *

African wildcat The African wildcat (''Felis lybica'') is a small wildcat species native to Africa, West and Central Asia up to Rajasthan in India and Xinjiang in China. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List in 2022. In Cyprus, an African wil ...

, formerly known as the Kaffir cat

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