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ma⋅dra⋅sah

[muh-dras-uh]
–noun Islam.
a school or college, esp. a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.
Also, ma⋅dra⋅sa, ma⋅dras⋅sah.


Origin:
< Ar
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ma·dra·sah also ma·dra·sa or ma·dras·sah   (mə-drä'sə)   
n.   Islam
A building or group of buildings used for teaching Islamic theology and religious law, typically including a mosque.

[Arabic madrasa, from darasa, to study; see drš in Semitic roots.]
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madrasah 
Islamic college, 1622, from Arabic madrasah, lit. "a place of study," from loc. prefix ma- + stem of darasa "he read repeatedly, he studied."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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