different between madrasah vs madrasa

English

Alternative forms

• madrasa, madrassa, medrese, medresa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????????? f (madrasa, “school”), a noun of place from the verb ??????? (darasa, “to learn, to study”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??d?æs?/

Noun

madrasah (plural madrasahs or madaris)

1. (Islam) A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.

Translations

Anagrams

• adharmas

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay madrasah, from Arabic ?????????? (madrasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mad?rasah/
• Hyphenation: mad?ra?sah

Noun

madrasah (first-person possessive madrasahku, second-person possessive madrasahmu, third-person possessive madrasahnya)

1. (Islam, education) school.

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.

Synonyms

• sekolah

Derived terms

Further reading

• “madrasah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (madrasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mad?rasah/
• Hyphenation: mad?ra?sah

Noun

madrasah (Jawi spelling ??????, plural madrasah-madrasah, informal 1st possessive madrasahku, impolite 2nd possessive madrasahmu, 3rd possessive madrasahnya)

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

   Synonyms: surau, langgar

Usage notes

In Indonesia, sekolah is a school under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. Islamic schools supervised by the Ministry of Religious Affairs are called madrasah.

Synonyms

• (school): sekolah

Further reading

• “madrasah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

English

Noun

madrasa (plural madrasas)

1. Alternative spelling of madrasah

Translations

Anagrams

• Damaras, armadas, ramadas

French

Noun

madrasa f (plural madrasas)

1. Alternative spelling of médersa

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (madrasa).

Noun

madrasa f (invariable)

1. madrasah

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (madrasa).

Noun

madrasa f (plural madrasas)

1. madrasah

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (madrasa).

Pronunciation

Noun

madrasa (n class, plural madrasa)

1. madrasah (school of Islamic theology)

See also

• chuo