The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromمَدْرَسَة f“school”
- English todaymadrasa
Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة f (madrasa, “school”), a noun of place from the verb دَرَسَ (darasa, “to learn, to study”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
madrasa
Today it means: A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology. Full definition →
Arabic مَدْرَسَة f