n. (m.)

ˁímɛr yɔʰ menḳáynaˁ yɔʰ teṣaľíˀin ḷe-genézeʰ ˁag metaˁáľľem ˁag meˁáľľem wa-di-ˁérob teṣaľíˀin ḷe-genézeʰ ‘They said: “Are you mad? Go and pray at the burial!” (For he was an educated man, an imam, well read.) “Go and pray at the burial!”’ (CSOL I 25:81)

Borrowed from Arabic. 

• mеˁáľľеm or maˁáľľam or mеˁáľľam 1. learned man, imam; 2. professional builder
• meˁálimaʰ musicians and reciters of poetry accompanied by drum beating (awáwa) who are invited to feasts
• taˁľím instruction
• ˁáľľamat she instructed
• еtˁáľľam I will learn
• áḷḷaʰ áˁľam God knows better
• ˁaľámeʰ sign
• ˁaľamát marks, grades
• ˁaľm mark
• ˁiľm knowledge
• meˁáľľem teacher