madrasah aliah
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From madrasah + aliah, from Arabic عَلِيَّة (ʕaliyya, “high”) + مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).
Noun
[edit]madrasah aliah (first-person possessive madrasah aliahku, second-person possessive madrasah aliahmu, third-person possessive madrasah aliahnya)
- (Islam, education) Islamic modern senior high school (US) or upper secondary school (UK).
Usage notes
[edit]In Indonesia, sekolah menengah atas is used by school which is under supervision of Ministry of Education. Islamic school supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs use madrasah aliyah.
Alternative forms
[edit]- madrasah aliyah, MA (official government term)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “madrasah aliah” 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.