almajiri

Naija

Alternative forms

• alumajiri, amajiri

Etymology

from:Hausa

Pronunciation

• àmádʒìrí

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• 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.

Usage

de dey use am for the north because the practice itself is rampant in the north

Noun

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

Definition in Naija?

• pesin wey no get anoda lifestyle pass to go islamic school and begs for survival.

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.)

   politician dem don sabi how to use Almajiri dem to scata election.  — (The politicians have perfected the use of almajiris to rig election.)

Adjective

almajiri: Almajiri lifestyle, outward appearance,

Definition in Naija?

• how pesin look like, or, the meaning wey come from how pesin look or dress

1. why you dey look like Almajiri pesin?.  — (why are you looking unkept?.)

Antonyms

Alfa, imam, mallam

Translations

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