almajiri

Naija

Alternative forms

• alumajiri, amajiri

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• àlmádʒìrí

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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.