raudatul athfal

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic رَوْضَة أَطْفَال (rawḍa(t) ʔaṭfāl, “kindergarten”) as رَوْضَة (rawḍa, “garden”) +‎ أَطْفَال (ʔaṭfāl, “children”), from Calque of German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of children”). Doublet of taman kanak-kanak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rau̯ˈdatul ˈat(ˤ)fal/

Noun

raudatul athfal (first-person possessive raudatul athfalku, second-person possessive raudatul athfalmu, third-person possessive raudatul athfalnya)

1. (Islamic education) kindergarten.

Usage notes

In Indonesia, taman kanak-kanak is used by kindergarten which is under supervision of Ministry of Education. Islamic kindergarten supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs use raudatul athfal.

Alternative forms

• RA

Synonyms

• taman kanak-kanak

Hypernyms

• pendidikan anak usia dini

Further reading

• “raudatul athfal” 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.