almajiri

Naija

Alternative forms

• alumajiri, amajiri

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• àmádʒìrí

Play Play

• 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

Usage

De dey use am for north.

Noun

almajiri: Person wey be sey e dey go islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am.

1. Government build almajiri school.  — (The government built a school for the seekers of Islamic knowledge.( Egbokhare))

   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.)

Related forms

alfa imam mallam

Translations

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