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A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Pakistan government decided to close down madrasas that provided military training for their students
- many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported with money from Saudi Arabia
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: madrasah
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious school
Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة f (madrasa, “school”), a noun of place from the verb دَرَسَ (darasa, “to learn, to study”).
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
medrese
— school for Islamic theology
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Amharic:
ማድራሳ
(madrasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Arabic:
مَدْرَسَة إِسْلَامِيَّة
(madrasa ʔislāmiyya)
— school for Islamic theology
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Arabic:
مَدْرَسَة
(madrasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Armenian:
մեդրեսե
(medrese)
— school for Islamic theology
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Azerbaijani:
mədrəsə
— school for Islamic theology
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Bashkir:
мәҙрәсә
(məźrəsə)
— school for Islamic theology
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Belarusian:
медрэсэ́
(mjedresé)
— school for Islamic theology
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Bengali:
মাদ্রাসা
(madraśa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Bulgarian:
медресе́
(medresé)
— school for Islamic theology
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Catalan:
madrassa
— school for Islamic theology
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Chechen:
хьуьжар
(ḥrüžar)
— school for Islamic theology
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Chinese Mandarin:
伊斯蘭學校 /伊斯兰学校
(Yīsīlán xuéxiào)
— school for Islamic theology
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Crimean Tatar:
medrese
— school for Islamic theology
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Finnish:
madrassa
— school for Islamic theology
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French:
médersa
— school for Islamic theology
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Georgian:
მედრესე
(medrese)
— school for Islamic theology
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German:
Medresse
— school for Islamic theology
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German:
Madrasa
— school for Islamic theology
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Greek:
μεντρεσές
(mentresés)
— school for Islamic theology
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Hebrew:
מַדְרַסַה
(madrasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Hindi:
मद्रसा
(madrasā)
— school for Islamic theology
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Hindi:
मदरसा
(madarsā)
— school for Islamic theology
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Hungarian:
medresze
— school for Islamic theology
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Indonesian:
madrasah
— school for Islamic theology
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Italian:
madrasa
— school for Islamic theology
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Japanese:
マドラサ
(madorasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Kazakh:
медресе
(medrese)
— school for Islamic theology
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Korean:
마드라사
(madeurasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Kumyk:
мадраса
(madrasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Central Kurdish:
مەدرەسە
(medrese)
— school for Islamic theology
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Northern Kurdish:
medrese
— school for Islamic theology
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Kyrgyz:
медресе
(medrese)
— school for Islamic theology
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Macedonian:
ме́дреса
(médresa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Malay:
madrasah
— school for Islamic theology
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Norwegian Bokmål:
madrasa
— school for Islamic theology
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
madrasa
— school for Islamic theology
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Pashto:
مدرسه
(madrasá)
— school for Islamic theology
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Persian:
مَدْرَسَه
(madrasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Dari:
مَدْرَسَه
(madrasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Iranian Persian:
مَدْرِسِه
(madrese)
— school for Islamic theology
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Polish:
medresa
— school for Islamic theology
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Polish:
madrasa
— school for Islamic theology
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Portuguese:
madraça
— school for Islamic theology
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Portuguese:
madraçal
— school for Islamic theology
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Punjabi:
ਮਦਰੱਸਾ
(madrassā)
— school for Islamic theology
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Punjabi:
مَدْرَسَہ
(madrasah)
— school for Islamic theology
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Romanian:
medresă
— school for Islamic theology
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Russian:
медресе́
(medrɛsé, medrɛsɛ́)
— school for Islamic theology
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Serbo-Croatian:
медрѐса
— school for Islamic theology
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Serbo-Croatian:
medrèsa
— school for Islamic theology
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Spanish:
madrasa
— school for Islamic theology
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Spanish:
madraza
— school for Islamic theology
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Swahili:
madrasa
— school for Islamic theology
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Tajik:
мадраса
(madrasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Tatar:
мәдрәсә
(mädräsä)
— school for Islamic theology
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Thai:
มาดราซาห์
(maa-draa-saa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Tigrinya:
ማድራሳ
(madrasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Turkish:
medrese
— school for Islamic theology
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Ottoman Turkish:
مدرسه
(medrese)
— school for Islamic theology
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Turkmen:
medrese
— school for Islamic theology
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Ukrainian:
медресе́
(medresé)
— school for Islamic theology
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Urdu:
مَدْرَسَہ
(madrasa)
— school for Islamic theology
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Uyghur:
مەدرىسە
(medrise)
— school for Islamic theology
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Uzbek:
madrasa
— school for Islamic theology
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Yoruba:
ilé kéwú
— school for Islamic theology