madrasah

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

madrasah (plural madrasahs or madaris)

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

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