madrasah ibtidaiah

Indonesian

Etymology

From madrasah +‎ ibtidaiah, from Arabic اَلْمَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة (al-madrasa(t) al-ibtidāʔiyya) as اِبْتِدَائِيَّة (ibtidāʔiyya, “primary, elementary”) +‎ مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

Noun

madrasah ibtidaiah (first-person possessive madrasah ibtidaiahku, second-person possessive madrasah ibtidaiahmu, third-person possessive madrasah ibtidaiahnya)

1. (Islam, education) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)

Usage notes

In Indonesia, sekolah dasar is used by school which is under supervision of Ministry of Education. Islamic school supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs use madrasah ibtidaiyah.

Alternative forms

• madrasah ibtidaiyah, MI (official government term)

Synonyms

• sekolah dasar

Hypernyms

• madrasah

Further reading

• “madrasah ibtidaiah” 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.