Kaffir

Kaffir and similar may refer to:

• Kafir, an Arabic term used by Muslims to describe non-Muslims.
• Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine built by the Sunbeam car company
• Kefir or Kephir, a fermented milk drink from the Caucasus region
• African Wildcat, formerly known as the Kaffir cat

Africa

• Kaffir (racial term): a term used by Europeans for Black Africans, originating from certain usage of the Arabic term above.
• 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.
• Kaffirs - used on the London Stock Exchange to refer to South African mining shares

Afghanistan

• 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

South 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 fruit native to Indonesia also known as a makrut lime.
• Kaffir lily (disambiguation), one of two flowers found in southern Africa:
  • Clivia miniata
  • Hesperantha coccinea
• Kaffir or Kaffir corn, another name for the grain Sorghum.
• Kaffir boom (Erythrina lysistemon), a species of tree in the Fabaceae family.