madrasah aliah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• madrasah aliyah
• MA (initialism)

Etymology

Compound of madrasah (“(Islamic) school”) +‎ aliah (“regarding higher education”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /madˌrasah aˈliah/ [madˌra.sah aˈli.ah]
• Syllabification: mad‧ra‧sah a‧li‧ah

Noun

madrasah aliah

1. (Islam, education) Islamic modern senior high school (US) or upper secondary school (UK)

   Synonym: (in general sense) sekolah menengah atas

Usage notes

In Indonesia, sekolah menengah atas is used to refer school which is under supervision of Ministry of Education. While madrasah aliah is used to refer Islamic school supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs use.

Further reading

• madrasah aliah on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “madrasah aliah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016