kyai
English
Noun
kyai (plural kyais)
- A Javanese Islamic cleric or expert on Islam.
- 2012, Charlene Tan, Islamic Education and Indoctrination: The Case in Indonesia, p. 56:
- That the santri live in a boarding school where they are being supervised around the clock enhances the power of the kyai.
- 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 19:
- It was there that the kyai finally pulled down the cloth, slowly, bracing himself for the shock.
- 2012, Charlene Tan, Islamic Education and Indoctrination: The Case in Indonesia, p. 56: