santri

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay santri, from Tamil சாத்திரி (cāttiri, “learned man”), from Sanskrit शास्त्री (śāstrī, “into scripture”). Cognate of Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī, “scientist”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsantri]
  • Hyphenation: san‧tri

Noun

santri (plural santri-santri or para santri)

  1. (Islam) student
  2. pious person
    Synonym: saleh

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • menyantri

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

santri

  1. romanization of ꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ
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