kaffir

See also Kaffir

English

Alternative forms

• caffre, kaffer, kafir, kaphar, kaphir, kafari

Etymology

From Arabic كفار (kaffār, “infidel”) or كافر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), both from كفر (káfara, “to cover, to hide”).

Noun

kaffir (plural kaffirs)

1. (South Africa, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
   • 1976 Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Jock of the Bushveld p.210 Longman ISBN0582161231

     As far as I know, the first incident arose out of the intrusion of a strange kaffir at one of the outspans.

Translations

black person

• Afrikaans: kaffer (af), kaffers (af) pl
• Dutch: kaffer (nl) m
• Finnish: kafferi (fi)

• Russian: кафр (ru) (kafr)
• Swedish: kaffer (sv) c

Derived terms

• kaffir corn: millet
• kaffir beer: beer made from millet.

See also

• kafir
• Kaffir (ethnic slur) in Wikipedia

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Indonesian

Noun

kaffir

1. heathen