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darasa
Arabic · medieval
"to study"
meant "he studied, he read repeatedly"; related to Hebrew darash, root of "midrash"
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madrasah
Arabic · medieval
"school, place of learning"
literally "a place of study," originally a generic word for any school
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madrasa
English · 1620s
"Islamic school"
narrowed in English usage to mean specifically an Islamic religious school
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