Kaffir
# Kaffir

Kaffir or Kafir may refer to:

## Ethnicity and religion

* Kafir, a term for a non-Muslims
* 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 Indonesia also known as a 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)2H2O) used in the manufacture of dentures.
