Kaffir
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Kaffir or Kafir may refer to:
Ethnicity and religion
Kafir, an Arabic term meaning the one who conceals something or rejects it, while in religious context it means a non-believer in God.
Kaffir (racial term), an ethnic slur used in South Africa
The Nuristani people, an ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan
Sri Lanka Kaffir people, an ethnic group
Languages
Fanagalo, 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 of the Hindu Kush
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
Kaffrine, a city in Senegal
Plants
Kaffir lime, a variety of lime fruit native to Southeast Asia, also known as Thai lime or 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
Kaafir (Pakistani TV series), a 2011 television series
Kaafir (Indian TV series), a 2019 Indian web television series
Kafir harp
Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine built by the Sunbeam car company
African wildcat, formerly known as the Kaffir cat
Kaffir-D Stone, the alpha form of gypsum (calcium sulphate hemihydrate; (CaSO4)1/2H2O) used in the manufacture of dentures.
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