Kaffir

Kaffir may refer to:

Islam

* Kafir, an Islamic term usually translated as "unbeliever" similar to the Christian word "pagan" or Hebrew word "koffer". In arabic it means "ingrate" and refers to someone ungrateful towards Allah.

Afghanistan

* Kafiristan, the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan (also a South African province)
* The Nuristani people descendants of the Hindukush Kafir people
* The Nuristani languages once called Kafiiri or Kafiristani
* Kafir harp

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.
* A term used historically to refer to any of several southern African peoples, but now only used as
* South African ethnic slur for a black person. Thought to be borrowed from the language of the Cape Malay, who are an Islamic people.

outh Asia

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

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