madrasah ibtidaiah
Indonesian
Etymology
From madrasah + ibtidaiah, from Arabic اَلْمَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة (al-madrasa(t) al-ibtidāʾiyya) as اِبْتِدَائِيَّة (ibtidāʾiyya, “primary, elementary”) + مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).
Noun
madrasah ibtidaiah (first-person possessive madrasah ibtidaiahku, second-person possessive madrasah ibtidaiahmu, third-person possessive madrasah ibtidaiahnya)
- (Islam, education) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)
Usage notes
In Indonesia, sekolah dasar is used by school which is under supervision of Ministry of Education. Islamic school supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs use madrasah ibtidaiyah.
Alternative forms
- madrasah ibtidaiyah, MI (official government term)
Synonyms
- sekolah dasar
Hypernyms
- madrasah
Further reading
- “madrasah ibtidaiah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.