مدراس

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ر س (d-r-s)

Noun

مِدْرَاس • (midrās) m (plural مَدَارِيس (madārīs))

  1. (uncommon) thresher: flail or threshing sledge or threshing machine or combine harvester
    Synonyms: مِدْرَس (midras), مِدْرَسَة (midrasa), دَرَّاسَة (darrāsa), نَوْرَج (nawraj), طِرْبِيل (ṭirbīl)
  2. (uncommon, obsolete) teaching place, school
    Synonym: مَدْرَسَة (madrasa)
Declension

Noun

مِدْرَاس • (midrās) m (plural مَدَارِيس (madārīs), feminine مِدْرَاس (midrās) or مِدْرَاسَة (midrāsa))

  1. (obsolete) teacher, repetitor
    Synonyms: مُدَرِّس (mudarris), مُعَلِّم (muʕallim)
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 65:78:
      ‏ ‏«‏فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ‏!»‏ – فَوَضَعَ مِدْرَاسُهَا الَّذِي يُدَرِّسُهَا مِنْهُمْ كَفَّهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ، فَطَفِقَ يَقْرَأُ مَا دُونَ يَدِهِ وَمَا وَرَاءَهَا، وَلاَ يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ.
      “Bring the Torah here and recite it if ye art truthful!” – and the teacher teaching it put the palm of his hand over the stoning verse and commenced to read what was [written] below and what [from his point of view] behind his hand, not reading the stoning verse.
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindustani مدراس / मद्रास (madrās).

Proper noun

مَدْرَاس • (madrās) f

  1. Chennai (a megacity, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Declension

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English Madras.

Proper noun

مَدْراس • (madrās) f (Hindi spelling मद्रास)

  1. Chennai (a megacity, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
  2. Name of Madras Province (Present day Andhara Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Parts of Kerala and Karnataka

Derived terms

  • مدراسی (madrāsī)

Further reading

  • ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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