raudatul athfal
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic رَوْضَة أَطْفَال (rawḍa(t) ʔaṭfāl, “kindergarten”) as رَوْضَة (rawḍa, “garden”) + أَطْفَال (ʔaṭfāl, “children”), from Calque of German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of children”). Doublet of taman kanak-kanak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rau̯ˈdatul ˈat(ˤ)fal/
Noun
raudatul athfal (first-person possessive raudatul athfalku, second-person possessive raudatul athfalmu, third-person possessive raudatul athfalnya)
- (Islamic education) kindergarten.
Usage notes
In Indonesia, taman kanak-kanak is used by kindergarten which is under supervision of Ministry of Education. Islamic kindergarten supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs use raudatul athfal.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- pendidikan anak usia dini
Further reading
- “raudatul athfal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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