Kaffir facts for kids

Kaffir may be meaning:

Islam

• Kafir, an Islamic term usually translated as unbeliever similar to the Christian word pagan or Hebrew word koffer.

Africa

• The Nguni languages, called the Kaffa languages in the 19th century.
• Fanagalo, a Zulu based pidgin language once referred to as Kitchen Kaffir.
• Kaffraria or British Kaffraria, a former designation for King William's Town and East London, South Africa.
• Kaffir boom, a species of tree in the Fabaceae family.
• South African ethnic slur for a black person. Thought to be borrowed from the language of the Cape Malay, who are an Islamic people.

South Asia

• Sri Lanka Kaffir people, an ethnic group
• Sri Lanka Kaffir language, a creole spoken by that people

Middle East

• Kafiristan, the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan
• The Nuristani people descendants of the Hindukush Kafir people
• The Nuristani languages once called Kafiiri or Kafiristani
• Kafir harp

Botany

• Kaffir lime, a variety of lime native to Indonesia also known as a makrut lime.
• Kaffir lily, one of two flowers found in southern Africa

• Clivia miniata
• Hesperantha coccinea

Other

• Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine from the Sunbeam Car Company
• Kefir or Kephir, a fermented milk drink from the Caucasus region