almajiri

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English

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Etymology

From Hausa àlmājìr̃ī.

Noun

almajiri (countable and uncountable, plural almajiris)

  1. An itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria.
  2. (uncountable) The system of Islamic education employed at these schools.

Hausa

Almajirai

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْمُهَاجِر (al-muhājir, the emigrant, the one who leaves home).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔàl.máː.(d)ʒì.ríː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key):
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Noun

àlmājìr̃ī m (feminine àlmājìr̃ā, plural àlmā̀jìr̃ai, possessed form àlmājìr̃in)

  1. student (especially an itinerant student at an Islamic school)
  2. beggar

Derived terms

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN.