madrassa

English

Noun

madrassa (plural madrassas)

1. Alternative spelling of madrasah
   • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 335:

     The sultan's men got the message: he and his successors exiled out-of-favour amirs to Jerusalem where they were expected to spend their ill-gotten wealth on sumptuous complexes that contained palaces, madrassas and tombs.

Anagrams

• madrasas

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈdra.sa/

Noun

madrassa (plural madrassas)

1. Alternative form of madressa

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːˈdrɑ.saː/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧dras‧sa

Noun

madrassa f (plural madrassa's)

1. madrasah (Islamic school)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

madrassa f

1. (non-standard since 1959) definite singular of madrass
2. (non-standard since 1959) definite singular of madrasse