madrasah

English

Noun

madrasah (plural madrasahs or madaris)

1. Alternative spelling of madrasa

Anagrams

• adharmas

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay مدرسة (madrasah), from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /madˈrasah/ [mat̪̚ˈra.sah]
• Rhymes: -asah
• Syllabification: mad‧ra‧sah

Noun

madrasah (plural madrasah-madrasah)

1. (Islam, education, literal) school
2. (Islam, education) madrasa: a school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology

Usage notes

In Indonesia, sekolah is used by school which is under supervision of Ministry of Education. Islamic school supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs use madrasah.

Alternative forms

• madarsah
• mandarsah

Synonyms

• maktab
• perguruan
• sekolah

Derived terms

• dimadrasahkan
• memadrasahkan

• madrasah aliah
• madrasah diniah
• madrasah ibtidaiah
• madrasah inklusi
• madrasah sanawiah

Further reading

• “madrasah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madˈrasah/
• Hyphenation: mad‧ra‧sah

Noun

madrasah (Jawi spelling مدرسة, plural madrasah-madrasah or madrasah²)

1. (Islam, education) school
2. (Islam) a small mosque

   Synonyms: surau, langgar

Usage notes

Usually, sekolah is used as the generic term form "school", while madrasah refers specifically to Islamic religious schools.

Synonyms

• (school): sekolah

Further reading

• "madrasah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017