maktab

Borrowed from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab), from the root ك ت ب (k t b).

maktab (plural maktabs)

1. A traditional Islamic elementary school, primarily teaching literacy and the Qur'an.

• tambak

From Malay maktab, from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaktab/ [ˈmak̚.t̪ap̚]
• Rhymes: -aktab
• Syllabification: mak‧tab

maktab (plural maktab-maktab)

1. (rare, possibly obsolete) school

   Synonyms: perguruan, madrasah, sekolah

2. (Islam, Hajj) an office, bureau, particularly ones providing preparatory services for Hajj pilgrimages

• “maktab” 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.

From Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab), from the root ك ت ب (k t b).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaʔk.tap]

maktab (Jawi spelling مکتب, plural maktab-maktab)

1. school, college

• → Indonesian: maktab

• sekolah

• “maktab” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Classical Persian مَکْتَب (maktab, “school”), from Arabic مَكْتَبٌ m (maktabun, “traditional Islamic elementary school”), from the root ك ت ب (k t b).

• IPA^(key): /mak.tab/, [mæk̟ʰ.t̪a̽b]
• Hyphenation: mak‧tab

maktab (plural maktablar)

1. school, college