raudatul athfal
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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 (plural raudatul-raudatul athfal)
(Islamic education) kindergarten
Synonym: taman kanak-kanak
==== 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 ====
RA
==== Hypernyms ====
pendidikan anak usia dini
=== Further reading ===
“raudatul athfal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016