Difference between revisions of "almajiri"

Latest revision as of 11:01, 14 February 2024

From: Hausa almajiri, 'pupil'. Cf Arabic al-muhājir.

Government build almajiri school. — (The government built a Koranic school.)

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 ==Naija==
 ===Alternative forms===
-* alumajiri, amajiri
+* [[alumajiri]], [[amajiri]]
 ===Etymology===
-from: Arabic ''al-Muhajirun'' , From: Hausa ''Almajiranci''
+From: Hausa ''almajiri'', 'pupil'. Cf  Arabic ''al-muhājir''.
 ===Pronunciation===
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 <sm2>Pcm-ng-almajiri.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-almajiri.m.ogg</sm2>
-*  àlùmádʒìrí
-*  àlmádʒìrí
-===Frequency===
-* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
-* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
-* Frequency in raw corpus: 1
-* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 28823
-===Usage===
-De dey use am for north.
 ===Noun===
-almajiri: Person wey be sey e dey go islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am.
+* Person wey be sey e dey go Islamic school.
-#: {{ux|dv|Government build '''almajiri''' school. |(The government built a school for the seekers of Islamic knowledge.( Egbokhare))}}
+:* {{ux|dv|Government build '''almajiri''' school. |(The government built a Koranic school.)}}
-#: {{ux|dv|'''Almajiri''' dem dey beg for road. |(The almajiris are begging on the street.)}}
-#: {{ux|dv|Politician dem don sabi how to use '''Almajiri''' dem to scata election. |(The politicians have perfected the use of almajiris to rig election.)}}
-====Related forms====
-[[alfa]] [[imam]] [[mallam]]
 ====Translations====
-* English: Almajiri, which means seeker of Islamic knowledge, it is a system of Islamic Education in Nigeria., street beggars.
+* English: ''Koranic school pupil''.