maktab

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Borrowed from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab), from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

maktab (plural maktabs)

1. A traditional Islamic elementary school, primarily teaching literacy and the Qur'an.

• tambak

From Malay maktab, from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: mak‧tab

maktab (plural maktab-maktab, first-person possessive maktabku, second-person possessive maktabmu, third-person possessive maktabnya)

1. (rare, possibly obsolete) school.

   Synonyms: perguruan, madrasah, sekolah

2. (Islam, Hajj) An office, bureau, particularly ones providing preparatory services for Hajj pilgrimages.

• “maktab” 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.

From Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab), from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

• IPA^(key):

maktab (Jawi spelling مکتب, plural maktab-maktab, informal 1st possessive maktabku, 2nd possessive maktabmu, 3rd possessive maktabnya)

1. school, college

• → Indonesian: maktab

• sekolah

• “maktab” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Inherited from Chagatai , from Classical Persian مَکْتَب (maktab, “school”), from Arabic مَكْتَبٌ m (maktabun, “traditional Islamic elementary school”), from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

• IPA^(key): /mak.tab/,
• Hyphenation: mak‧tab

maktab (plural maktablar)

1. school, college