almajiri
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
almajiri (countable and uncountable, plural almajiris)
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.