almajiri

== English == === Etymology === From Hausa àlmājìr̃ī. === Noun === 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 == === 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): [ʔàl.máː.d͡ʒɪ̀.ríː] === Noun === àlmājìr̃ī m (feminine àlmājìr̃ā, plural àlmā̀jìr̃ai, possessed form àlmājìr̃in) student (especially an itinerant student at an Islamic school) beggar ==== Derived terms ==== almājir̃ancī̀ ==== References ==== Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 6.