madrasah

• madrasa, madrassa, medrese, medresa

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

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɹæsə/

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.

• adharmas

From Malay madrasah, from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

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

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

1. (Islam, education) school.

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.

• “madrasah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

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

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

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

   Synonyms: surau, langgar

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

• (school): sekolah

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