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Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:

Kaffir (alternatively kaffer; originally cafri) is an ethnic slur used to refer to a black person. In the form of cafri, it evolved during the medieval era as a non-derogatory equivalent of "negro". In Southern Africa, the term was later used as a neutral exonym for Bantu peoples.

No wonder I use to hear my mother and other older coolies calling blacks "Capri or Caphar". I think they meant "Cafri" and "Kaffer".

Kaffir

 

Pronunciation /ˈkafɪə//ˈkafə/

noun

  • 1South African offensive An insulting term for a black African.

  • 2offensive An insulting term used by some Muslims for non-Muslims.

  • 3historical A member of a people of the Hindu Kush mountains of north-eastern Afghanistan, who did not convert to Islam until the 19th century.


    In hindi is

    काफिर kaaphir

 I would think they meant the insults for the negroes.

That's is correct.

Locals say,kaaphar

They also say caphree.

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