pesantren

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Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as santri +‎ peng- -an, from Javanese ꦥꦼꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀ꦥꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀ (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)

  1. (Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren.: an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an,
  2. (Islam, rare) synonym of madrasah

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