madrasah aliah
Indonesian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of madrasah (“(Islamic) school”) + aliah (“regarding higher education”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /madˌrasah aˈliah/ [madˌra.sah aˈli.ah]
- Syllabification: mad‧ra‧sah a‧li‧ah
Noun
[edit]- (Islam, education) Islamic modern senior high school (US) or upper secondary school (UK).
Usage notes
[edit]In Indonesia, sekolah menengah atas is used to refer school which is under supervision of Ministry of Education. While madrasah aliah is used to refer Islamic school supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs use.
Synonyms
[edit]- sekolah menengah atas (in general sense)
Further reading
[edit]
madrasah aliah on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia id- “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.
