[ˈkafə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an insulting term for a black African

- an insulting term used by some Muslims for non-Muslims

- a member of a people of the Hindu Kush mountains of north-eastern Afghanistan, who did not convert to Islam until the 19th century


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Origin:
late 16th century (in Kaffir): from Arabic kāfir ‘infidel’, from kafara ‘not believe’