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English
Noun
madrassa (plural madrassas)
- Alternative spelling of madrasah
2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 335:The sultan's men got the message: he and his successors exiled out-of-favour amirs to Jerusalem where they were expected to spend their ill-gotten wealth on sumptuous complexes that contained palaces, madrassas and tombs.
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Pronunciation
Noun
madrassa (plural madrassas)
- Alternative form of madressa
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːˈdrɑ.saː/
- Hyphenation: ma‧dras‧sa
Noun
madrassa f (plural madrassa's)
- madrasah (Islamic school)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
madrassa f
- (non-standard since 1959) definite singular of madrass
- (non-standard since 1959) definite singular of madrasse