madrasah ibtidaiah
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From madrasah + ibtidaiah, from Arabic اَلْمَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة (al-madrasa(t) al-ibtidāʔiyya) as اِبْتِدَائِيَّة (ibtidāʔiyya, “primary, elementary”) + مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).
Noun[edit]
madrasah ibtidaiah (first-person possessive madrasah ibtidaiahku, second-person possessive madrasah ibtidaiahmu, third-person possessive madrasah ibtidaiahnya)
- (Islam, education) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)
Usage notes[edit]
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[edit]
- madrasah ibtidaiyah, MI (official government term)
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Further reading[edit]
- “madrasah ibtidaiah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.