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Indonesian
Etymology
Reconstructed as santri + peng- -an, from Javanese ꦥꦼꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀꧈ ꦥꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀ (pesantrén, pasantrén).
Pronunciation
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- 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
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