madrasah sanawiah

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of madrasah +‎ sanawiah, from Arabic مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة (madrasa(t) ṯānawiyya), ثَانَوِيَّة (ṯānawiyya, “secondary, minor”) +‎ مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈdrasah sanaˈwiah/

Noun

madrasah sanawiah (first-person possessive madrasah sanawiahku, second-person possessive madrasah sanawiahmu, third-person possessive madrasah sanawiahnya)

1. (Islam, education) Islamic modern junior high school (US) or lower secondary school (UK).

Usage notes

In 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

• madrasah tsanawiyah, MTs (official government term)

Synonyms

• sekolah menengah pertama

Hypernyms

• madrasah

Further reading

• “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.