almajiri
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
almajiri (countable and uncountable, plural almajiris)
- An itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria.
- (uncountable) The system of Islamic education employed at these schools.
Hausa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic اَلْمُهَاجِر (al-muhājir, “the emigrant, the one who leaves home”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
àlmājìr̃ī m (feminine àlmājìr̃ā, plural àlmā̀jìr̃ai, possessed form àlmājìr̃in)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN.
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