pesantren
Indonesian
Etymology
Reconstructed as peng- + santri + -an, from Javanese ꦥꦼꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀꧈ ꦥꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀ (pesantrén, pasantrén).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pəˈsantrɛn]
- Hyphenation: pê‧san‧trèn
Noun
pêsantrèn (first-person possessive pesantrenku, second-person possessive pesantrenmu, third-person possessive pesantrennya)
- (Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren.: an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an,
- (Islam, rare) synonym of madrasah
Alternative forms
- pesantrian
Further reading
- “pesantren” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.