pesantren
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Reconstructed as santri + peng- -an, from Javanese ꦥꦼꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀꧈ ꦥꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀ (pesantrén, pasantrén).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pêsantrèn (first-person possessive pesantrenku, second-person possessive pesantrenmu, third-person possessive pesantrennya)
- (Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren.: an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an,
- (Islam, rare) synonym of madrasah
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “pesantren” 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.