медресе

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة f (madrasa, “school”). The pronunciation of this word in many spoken varieties of Arabic has [æ] for underlying /a/, which explains the use of Russian е.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mʲɪdrɨˈsʲe] (phonetic respelling: медрэсе́)
  • IPA(key): [mʲɪdrɨˈsɛ] (phonetic respelling: медрэсэ́)

Noun

медресе́ • (medrɛsé, medrɛsɛ́) n inan (indeclinable)

  1. (Islam) madrasah (an Islamic school)
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