malklera

Esperanto

Etymology

mal- +‎ klera (“educated, learned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [malˈklera]
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: mal‧kle‧ra

Adjective

malklera (accusative singular malkleran, plural malkleraj, accusative plural malklerajn)

1. uneducated, illiterate
   • 1907, Kabe, chapter 23, in La Faraono, part 2, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:

     Sed ĉe ni eĉ plej malklera kamparano ne kredos, ke maljuste verŝita sango povas esti utila por iu.

     But in our land, even the most uneducated peasant will not believe that unjustly shed blood can be useful for anything.