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
- 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?
- 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.)
Derived forms
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
Translations
- English: Almajiri, which means seeker of Islamic knowledge, is a a system of Islamic Education in Nigeria., street beggers.