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almajiri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
al-ma-jiri
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The system of Islamic education employed at these schools.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Hausa àlmājìr̃ī.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: àlmājìr̃ī

Usage

Inflected Forms

almajiris (plural)

Questions

What does almajiri mean?
An itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria.
Where does almajiri come from?
From Hausa àlmājìr̃ī.

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