Kaffir
/ˈkafə
/ /ˈkafɪə /noun
1 offensive, chiefly South African An insulting term for a black African.
2 (kaffir or kafir) offensive An insulting term used by some Muslims for non-Muslims.
3 (Kafir) chiefly historical A member of a people of the Hindu Kush mountains of NE Afghanistan, who did not convert to Islam until the 19th century.
Origin
Late 16th century (in Kaffir (sense 2)): from Arabic kāfir 'infidel', from kafara 'not believe'.
- cross-subsidize
- cross-subsidy
- cross swords
- crosstalk
- cross that bridge when one comes to it
- cross the floor
- cross the T
- cross tie
- cross-tolerance
- cross-town
- cross-train
- cross trainer
- cross training
- crosstrees
- cross vault
- cross-voting
- crosswalk
- crossway
- crossways
- crosswind
- crosswise
- crossword
- crossword puzzle
- crosswort
- crostata