Where does “almajiri” come from?

almajiri (English) comes from Hausa àlmājìr̃ī, from Arabic مهاجر, from Arabic هَاجَرَ.

almajiri (English): An itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria

Definitions

  1. An itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria

Ancestry of “almajiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hausaàlmājìr̃īstudent especially an itinerant student at an Islamic school
2Arabicمهاجرmigrant, immigrant
3Arabicهَاجَرَ—
Every word from Arabic هَاجَرَ →Every word from Arabic مهاجر →Every word from Hausa àlmājìr̃ī →