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kaffir Noun

[Subject: Human Races]

- An obsolete blanket term formerly used, chiefly in South Africa, to refer to members of the majority indigenous peoples of the country and their culture. The term is now regarded as a racial slur and its use in South Africa is legally actionable.

Etymology: Arabic qafir (unbeliever, infidel)

Translated in 19 languages

Translations18
	Italian	cafro
	Spanish	cafre
	French	cafre
	Arabic	كفر
	Afrikaans	kaffir
	Albanian	kafër
	Czech	kafr
	Danish	kaffer
	Esperanto	kafro
	Finnish	kafferi
	Galician	cafre
	Hebrew	כפיר
	Persian	کافر
	Polish	Kafr
	Portuguese	cafre
	Slovak	kafro
	Swedish	kaffrer
	Valencian	cafre

kaffir

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Translated in 2 languages

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	French	valeurs aurifères

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