مدرسة

See also: مدرسه and مدرسہ

Arabic

Root
د ر س (d r s)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Noun of place from the verb دَرَسَ (darasa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mad.ra.sa/
Audio: (file)

Noun

مَدْرَسَة • (madrasa) f (plural مَدْرَسَات (madrasāt) or مَدَارِس (madāris))

school, academy
يَجِبُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدْرَسَةِ. (the listener is male) ― yajibu ʕalayka ʔan taḏhaba ʔilā l-madrasati. ― You must go to school.

Declension

Declension of noun **مَدْرَسَة** (madrasa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَدْرَسَة madrasa	الْمَدْرَسَة al-madrasa	مَدْرَسَة madrasat
nominative	مَدْرَسَةٌ madrasatun	الْمَدْرَسَةُ al-madrasatu	مَدْرَسَةُ madrasatu
accusative	مَدْرَسَةً madrasatan	الْمَدْرَسَةَ al-madrasata	مَدْرَسَةَ madrasata
genitive	مَدْرَسَةٍ madrasatin	الْمَدْرَسَةِ al-madrasati	مَدْرَسَةِ madrasati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَدْرَسَتَيْن madrasatayn	الْمَدْرَسَتَيْن al-madrasatayn	مَدْرَسَتَيْ madrasatay
nominative	مَدْرَسَتَانِ madrasatāni	الْمَدْرَسَتَانِ al-madrasatāni	مَدْرَسَتَا madrasatā
accusative	مَدْرَسَتَيْنِ madrasatayni	الْمَدْرَسَتَيْنِ al-madrasatayni	مَدْرَسَتَيْ madrasatay
genitive	مَدْرَسَتَيْنِ madrasatayni	الْمَدْرَسَتَيْنِ al-madrasatayni	مَدْرَسَتَيْ madrasatay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَدْرَسَات‎; مَدَارِس madrasāt‎; madāris	الْمَدْرَسَات‎; الْمَدَارِس al-madrasāt‎; al-madāris	مَدْرَسَات‎; مَدَارِس madrasāt‎; madāris
nominative	مَدْرَسَاتٌ‎; مَدَارِسُ madrasātun‎; madārisu	الْمَدْرَسَاتُ‎; الْمَدَارِسُ al-madrasātu‎; al-madārisu	مَدْرَسَاتُ‎; مَدَارِسُ madrasātu‎; madārisu
accusative	مَدْرَسَاتٍ‎; مَدَارِسَ madrasātin‎; madārisa	الْمَدْرَسَاتِ‎; الْمَدَارِسَ al-madrasāti‎; al-madārisa	مَدْرَسَاتِ‎; مَدَارِسَ madrasāti‎; madārisa
genitive	مَدْرَسَاتٍ‎; مَدَارِسَ madrasātin‎; madārisa	الْمَدْرَسَاتِ‎; الْمَدَارِسِ al-madrasāti‎; al-madārisi	مَدْرَسَاتِ‎; مَدَارِسِ madrasāti‎; madārisi

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: مدرسة (madrisa)
South Levantine Arabic: مدرسة (madrase)
→ Azerbaijani: mədrəsə
→ Classical Persian: مَدْرَسَه (madrasa)
- → Bashkir: мәҙрәсә (məźrəsə)
- → Bengali: মাদ্রাসা (madraśa)
- → Gujarati: મદરેસા (madresā)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: मद्रसा (madrasā)
  Urdu: مَدْرِسَہ (madrisa)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਮਦਰੱਸਾ (madrassā)
  Shahmukhi script: مَدْرَسَہ (madrasah)
- → Tatar: мәдрәсә (mädräsä)
→ Classical Syriac: ܡܕܪܫܬܐ
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܕ݂ܪܲܫܬܵܐ (maḏraštā)
→ English: madrassah
→ Ottoman Turkish: مدرسه (medrese)
- Turkish: medrese
- → Romanian: medresea
→ Portuguese: madraça, madraçal
→ Swahili: madrasa

Etymology 2

Derived from the feminine active participle of the verb دَرَّسَ (darrasa, “to teach”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.dar.ri.sa/

Noun

مُدَرِّسَة • (mudarrisa) f (plural مُدَرِّسَات (mudarrisāt), masculine مُدَرِّس (mudarris))

female equivalent of مُدَرِّس (mudarris, “teacher”)
Synonym: مُعَلِّمَة (muʕallima)

Declension

Declension of noun **مُدَرِّسَة** (mudarrisa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُدَرِّسَة mudarrisa	الْمُدَرِّسَة al-mudarrisa	مُدَرِّسَة mudarrisat
nominative	مُدَرِّسَةٌ mudarrisatun	الْمُدَرِّسَةُ al-mudarrisatu	مُدَرِّسَةُ mudarrisatu
accusative	مُدَرِّسَةً mudarrisatan	الْمُدَرِّسَةَ al-mudarrisata	مُدَرِّسَةَ mudarrisata
genitive	مُدَرِّسَةٍ mudarrisatin	الْمُدَرِّسَةِ al-mudarrisati	مُدَرِّسَةِ mudarrisati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُدَرِّسَتَيْن mudarrisatayn	الْمُدَرِّسَتَيْن al-mudarrisatayn	مُدَرِّسَتَيْ mudarrisatay
nominative	مُدَرِّسَتَانِ mudarrisatāni	الْمُدَرِّسَتَانِ al-mudarrisatāni	مُدَرِّسَتَا mudarrisatā
accusative	مُدَرِّسَتَيْنِ mudarrisatayni	الْمُدَرِّسَتَيْنِ al-mudarrisatayni	مُدَرِّسَتَيْ mudarrisatay
genitive	مُدَرِّسَتَيْنِ mudarrisatayni	الْمُدَرِّسَتَيْنِ al-mudarrisatayni	مُدَرِّسَتَيْ mudarrisatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُدَرِّسَات mudarrisāt	الْمُدَرِّسَات al-mudarrisāt	مُدَرِّسَات mudarrisāt
nominative	مُدَرِّسَاتٌ mudarrisātun	الْمُدَرِّسَاتُ al-mudarrisātu	مُدَرِّسَاتُ mudarrisātu
accusative	مُدَرِّسَاتٍ mudarrisātin	الْمُدَرِّسَاتِ al-mudarrisāti	مُدَرِّسَاتِ mudarrisāti
genitive	مُدَرِّسَاتٍ mudarrisātin	الْمُدَرِّسَاتِ al-mudarrisāti	مُدَرِّسَاتِ mudarrisāti

Descendants

→ Afar: mudarrisá

Etymology 3

Derived from the feminine passive participle of the verb دَرَّسَ (darrasa, “to teach”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.dar.ra.sa/

Adjective

مُدَرَّسَة • (mudarrasa) f

feminine singular of مُدَرَّس (mudarras, “educated”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “درس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ر س
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mad.ra.se/, [ˈmad.ra.se]
IPA^(key): /mad.ra.sa/, [ˈmad.ra.sa]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

مدرسة • (madrase) f (plural مدارس (madāres))

school