Where does “malami” come from?
malami (Hausa) comes from Kanuri málə̀m, from Arabic معلم, from Arabic أَعْلَمَ — to inform.
malami (Hausa): teacher; scholar; official, supervisor
Definitions
- teacher; scholar; official, supervisor
Ancestry of “malami”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Kanuri | málə̀m | scholar |
| 2 | Arabic | معلم | taught, schooled, instructed, educated, trained;... |
| 3 | Arabic | أَعْلَمَ | to inform |
Words derived from “malami”