Kaffir

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim.

   “He […] put me in imminent danger of my life, by telling the natives that I was a Caffer, and not a Mussulman.”

2. isim A member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa.

   “… the Hambonaas, a nation quite different from the Kaffers, having a yellowish complexion […].”

3. isim A black person.

   “I rang the bell, and a smiling Kafir boy answered it.”

4. isim A language spoken by the Nguni peoples of southern Africa, especially Xhosa.

   “This man, seeing a white person enter, moved aside for her, but she saw Joss's eyes on her, and said in kitchen kaffir, ‘No, when you've finished.’”

5. isim South African mining shares

   “Kaffirs bouyant most of last week”

6. isim Ellipsis of kaffir corn.

   “This market reports only one or two cars per day, selling by the hundred weight, and at a price a little lower than that of Indian corn. As to the purpose for which the marketed kaffir is used, there is some uncertainty.”

7. isim Alternative letter-case form of kaffir.