madrasah sanawiah
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of madrasah + sanawiah, from Arabic مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة (madrasa(t) ṯānawiyya), ثَانَوِيَّة (ṯānawiyya, “secondary, minor”) + مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmadrasah sanawiah (first-person possessive madrasah sanawiahku, second-person possessive madrasah sanawiahmu, third-person possessive madrasah sanawiahnya)
- (Islam, education) Islamic modern junior high school (US) or lower secondary school (UK).
Usage notes
editIn Indonesia, sekolah menengah pertama is used by school which is under supervision of Ministry of Education. Islamic school supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs use madrasah tsanawiyah.
Alternative forms
edit- madrasah tsanawiyah, MTs (official government term)
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editFurther reading
edit- “madrasah sanawiah” 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.