almajiri

Naija

Alternative forms

• idai 0.72 8, ebere 0.71 14, adenuga 0.71 9, idayat 0.71 5, gololo 0.71 12, nwokorie 0.70 5, ughamadu 0.70 11, oyeyemi 0.70 26

Etymology

from:Hausa

Pronunciation

• àmádʒìrí

Play Play

• 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

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

almajiri: Almajiri, which means seeker of Islamic knowledge, is a a system of Islamic Education in Nigeria., street beggers. -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Government build almajiri school.  — (The government built a school for the seekers of Islamic knowledge.)

   Almajiri dem dey beg for road.  — (The almajiris are begging on the street.)

Synonyms

• idai 0.72 8, dikwa 0.72 6, ebere 0.71 14, adenuga 0.71 9, idayat 0.71 5, gololo 0.71 12, nwokorie 0.70 5, ughamadu 0.70 11, oyeyemi 0.70 26
• talakawa

Antonyms

• idai 0.72 8, dikwa 0.72 6, ebere 0.71 14, adenuga 0.71 9, idayat 0.71 5, gololo 0.71 12, nwokorie 0.70 5, ughamadu 0.70 11, oyeyemi 0.70 26

• imam
• mallam

Translations

• English: Almajiri, which means seeker of Islamic knowledge, is a a system of Islamic Education in Nigeria., street beggers.