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I don't get why, can someone explain it to me? I'm from the US, Kefir is healthy fermented yogurt-like drink that is in every grocery store pronounced "kee-fur

I don't get why, can someone explain it to me? I'm from the US, Kefir is healthy fermented yogurt-like drink that is in every grocery store pronounced "kee-fur". Does it mean something else in another language?

retrac 4y ago
"Kafir" is an Arabic word meaning unbeliever or infidel, and is used in the Islamic word as a pejorative for non-Muslims. It's also been adopted elsewhere, such as a nasty slur in South Africa for blacks.
- hulitu 4y ago
  I think they are talking about kEfir not kAfir. I presume they don't mean the same thing.
- unixhero 4y ago
  Kafir or kaffir is not kefir. Done. Nothing to see here. Move along.
leadingthenet 4y ago
> I'm from the US, Kefir is healthy fermented yogurt-like drink that is in every grocery store pronounced "kee-fur". Pretty unfortunate. Take a look here at a pronunciation in English more closely resembling the original Caucasian / Slavic: https://www.lexico.com/definition/kefir https://www.lexico.com/definition/kefir (/kəˈfɪə/ in IPA). There's audio in the link, which should hopefully clear up confusion. This is also the common way I've heard it pronounced in the UK, where the product appears on most major grocery store shelves.