Kaffir
Kaffir may be meaning:
Islam
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
Other
- Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine from the Sunbeam Car Company
- Kefir or Kephir, a fermented milk drink from the Caucasus region