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almajiri

almajiri noun: an itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria.

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.

Forms of almajiri

pluralalmajiris

Origin of almajiri

From Hausa àlmājìr̃ī.

Questions about almajiri

What does almajiri mean?
Almajiri means an itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria.
What part of speech is almajiri?
Almajiri is a noun.
What is the plural of almajiri?
The plural of almajiri is almajiris.

Words near almajiri in the dictionary

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  2. almain rivets
  3. Almaine Rivet
  4. Almaine Rivets
  5. almains
  6. almajiri
  7. almajiris
  8. almamate
  9. almamates
  10. almami
  11. almamies

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