almajiri
Revision as of 12:18, 29 September 2020 by 197.210.28.131 (talk) (The almajiris have a routine of begging in the morning and attending the Quranic schools scattered round the Northern region. They are nomads who are inducted into begging for survival while acquiring islamic knowledge.)
Naija
Alternative forms
- almajiris (virtually everywhere)
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.
Usage
Noun
almajiri: Almajiri, which means seeker of Islamic knowledge, is a a system of Islamic Education in Nigeria., street beggers. -- Definition in Naija?
- p wey no get anoda lifestyle pass islamic school and begging
- 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.)
- why you dey look like Almajiri . — (why are you looking unkept?.)
Usage
de dey use am for the north because the practice itself is rampant in the north
Synonyms
Antonyms
- Alfa (teacher)
- imam
- mallam
Translations
- English: Almajiri, which means seeker of Islamic knowledge, is a system of Islamic Education in Nigeria., street beggers.