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Kaffir (/ ˈ k æ f ər /), [1] is an exonym and an ethnic slur – the use of it in reference to black people being particularly common in South Africa and to some degree Namibia and the former Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) In Arabic, the word kāfir ("unbeliever") was originally applied to non-Muslims of any ethnic background before becoming predominantly focused on pagan zanj (black African) who ...
Kaffir was an English and a Dutch word before long before Afrikaans as a language or the Afrikaners as a people existed. It later entered the Afrikaans language as "kaffer" "Afrikaaner settlers" makes no sense. The Afrikaners did not settle in South Africa. Dutch, Germans, French and other Europeans settled in South Africa.
Kaffraria, i.e., the land of the Kaffirs, is no longer an official designation [2] (with the term kaffir, originally the Arabic term for a non-believer in Islam, now considered an offensive racial slur in South Africa).
Afrikaans; العربية ... The term "kaffir" is a racial slur used to refer to Black African people in South Africa. While it is still used against black people ...
Kaffir, kaffer, kafir, kaffre (South Africa) a. a black person. Considered very offensive. Macaca, macaque a person of black African descent, originally used in languages of colonial powers in Africa. Same as "macaque". [33] Mammy Domestic servant of black African descent, generally good-natured, often overweight, and loud. [34] Makwerekwere ...
This word is an Afrikaans word like "apartheid" and taken up in the English understanding and some times misundertood. Contributors should not get confuse by the AFRIKAANS word "Kaffer" and belief it has the same meaning as "kafir and kaffir." Coloured people and mainly in the Cape use the word "kaffer" as Afrikaans speaking white South Africans.
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
The term "Kaffir" is a racial slur used to refer to coloured people and black people in South Africa. It originated from Arabic and was used to refer to non-Muslims. Later, it was used by European-descended South Africans to refer to black and coloured people during the apartheid era, and the term became associated with racism and oppression.