медресе

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة f (madrasa, school). The pronunciation of this word in many spoken varieties of Arabic has for underlying /a/, which explains the use of Russian е.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: медрэсе́)
  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: медрэсэ́)

Noun

медресе́ (medrɛsé, medrɛsɛ́n inan (indeclinable)

  1. (Islam) madrasah (an Islamic school)