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Russian
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, medrɛsɛ́) n inan (indeclinable)
- (Islam) madrasah (an Islamic school)