madrasah

English - Turkish

Definition of madrasah in English Turkish dictionary

Medrese

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Definition of madrasah in English English dictionary

A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level. It may have courses in Islamic theology and religious law, but it is not a requirement

{i} Muslim college or school attached to mosque

(Arabic: "school") Islamic theological seminary and law school attached to a mosque. The residential madrasah was a newer building form than the mosque, flourishing in most Muslim cities by the end of the 12th century. The Syrian madrasahs in Damascus tended to follow a standardized plan: An elaborate facade led into a domed hallway and then into a courtyard where instruction took place, with at least one eyvan (vaulted hall) opening onto it. The madrasah at the Qalaun Mosque in Cairo (1283-85) has a unique cruciform eyvan on the richly carved qibla (wall facing Mecca) side and a smaller eyvan opposite. Residential cells for scholars occupy the other two sides

Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan; "the Pakistan government decided to close down madrasas that provided military training for their students"; "many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported with money from Saudi Arabia"

Etymology

() From Arabic مدرسة.