kaffir
/ˈkæfə//ˈkæfɚ/
词源链
- 英语English
kaffir
词源说明
Ultimately from Arabic كَفَّار (kaffār, “infidel”) or كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), both from كَفَرَ (kafara, “to cover, to hide”); in some (especially early) uses, via Spanish cafre, Dutch kaffer or other European languages. Doublet of kafir.
释义
名词noun
- 1countable, offensiveIn Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim. [from 16th c.]
- 2countable, offensiveA member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa. [from 16th c.]
- 3(countable, South Africa, Rhodesia, Namibia, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A black person. [from 17th c.]
- 4uncountable, now historical, offensiveA language spoken by the Nguni