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How to pronounce kaffir in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms great millet, kaffir corn, kafir corn, sorghum bicolor
Type of sorghum
Type Words
Synonyms caffer, caffre, kafir
Type of black african

Examples of kaffir

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The galangal, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves are available at Asian grocers.
From the sfgate.com
Muddle ginger and half the kaffir leaves, if using, in the bottom of a pitcher.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Add coconut milk, fish sauce, brown sugar, lime juice, and kaffir lime leaves.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Add the creamed coconut and 120ml boiling water, as well as the kaffir lime leaves.
From the expressandstar.com
Some initially promising ingredients-such as kaffir lime-produced undrinkable beer.
From the time.com
Simmer for 2 minutes, then add the pork, eggplant, kaffir lime leaves and coriander.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and galangal fought for aromatic supremacy.
From the thenewstribune.com
Both leaves and zest of the kaffir lime are indispensable in Thai cooking.
From the post-gazette.com
Karen Sutherland and a kaffir lime with sticky labels to prevent gall wasp.
From the smh.com.au
More examples
  • Great millet: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
  • An offensive and insulting term for any Black African
  • The word kaffir, sometimes spelled kaffer or kafir, is an offensive term for a black person, most common in South Africa and other African countries. Generally considered a racial or ethnic slur in modern usage, it was previously a neutral term for black southern African people.
  • A black person
  • (Kaffirs) South African gold mining shares that trade on the London Stock Exchange.
  • Infidel, derogatory term used by Indian Muslims for Christians
  • All who refuse to submit to Islam. They may be tolerated, enslaved, taxed (see jizya), or butchered in any fashion that tickles the fancy of the local Mullahs. All these options are completely honorable, and called for by Muhammed.
  • Extremely derogatory term for black person (derived from the Arabic for a non-believer) but now very loaded
  • Referring to South African blacks: extremely offensive