Difference between revisions of "almajiri"

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De dey use am for North.
 
De dey use am for North.
  
 
===Definition===
 
:Person wey be sey e dey go Islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am.
 
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
:* {{ux|dv|Government build '''almajiri''' school. |(Egbokhare 2020, The government built a Koranic school.)}}
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Person wey be sey e dey go Islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am.
:* {{ux|dv|'''Almajiri''' dem dey beg for road. |(Egbokhare 2020, The Koranic school pupils are begging on the street.)}}
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: {{ux|dv|Government build '''almajiri''' school. |(Egbokhare 2020, The government built a Koranic school.)}}
:* {{ux|dv|Politician dem don sabi how to use '''almajiri''' dem to scata election. |(Egbokhare 2020, The politicians have perfected the use of Koranic school pupils to rig election)}}
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: {{ux|dv|'''Almajiri''' dem dey beg for road. |(Egbokhare 2020, The Koranic school pupils are begging on the street.)}}
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: {{ux|dv|Politician dem don sabi how to use '''almajiri''' dem to scata election. |(Egbokhare 2020, The politicians have perfected the use of Koranic school pupils to rig election)}}
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: Koranic school pupil.
 
* English: Koranic school pupil.

Revision as of 18:12, 12 November 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • àlmádʒìrí

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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

Person wey be sey e dey go Islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am.

Government build almajiri school.  — (Egbokhare 2020, The government built a Koranic school.)
Almajiri dem dey beg for road.  — (Egbokhare 2020, The Koranic school pupils are begging on the street.)
Politician dem don sabi how to use almajiri dem to scata election.  — (Egbokhare 2020, The politicians have perfected the use of Koranic school pupils to rig election)

Translations

  • English: Koranic school pupil.