madrasah aliah

Indonesian

Etymology

From madrasah +‎ aliah, from Arabic عَلِيَّة (ʕaliyya, “high”) +‎ مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

Noun

madrasah aliah (first-person possessive madrasah aliahku, second-person possessive madrasah aliahmu, third-person possessive madrasah aliahnya)

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

Usage notes

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

Alternative forms

• madrasah aliyah, MA (official government term)

Synonyms

• sekolah menengah atas

Hypernyms

• madrasah

Further reading

• “madrasah aliah” 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.