mallam

/ ˈmælæm, -əm /

noun

1. (in Islamic W Africa) a man learned in Koranic studies

2. (in N Nigeria) a title and form of address for a learned or educated man

Word History and Origins

Origin of mallam¹

C20: from Hausa

Example Sentences

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth held talks with Nigeria's National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu last week to discuss ways to make "tangible progress on stopping violence against Christians in Nigeria and combatting West African jihadist terrorist groups", the US department of war said in a statement.

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Dean Onuwchekwa, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist whose upper body was damaged in 2021 by a homemade bomb he was trying to disarm in Borno state’s Mallam Fatori town.

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A team of engineers had been organised to fix the crack in the building, the Emir, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, told Punch News.

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"My monthly pension cannot cover the cost of buying bread everyday so we have switched to another more affordable food," Mallam Ado Yahaya, from the northern state of Kano, said.

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Jadzia Mallam, 17, from Newcastle, said she skipped school to be at the concert.

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