# mallam

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #96,188

## Definitions
1. In Africa, a teacher of the Qur'an.

## Etymology
From Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim, “teacher”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mallam