ustazah

== Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic أُسْتَاذَة (ʔustāḏa, “professor”), by surface analysis, ustaz +‎ -ah. === Pronunciation === (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA(key): /usˈtazah/ [usˈt̪a.zah] Rhymes: -azah, -zah, -ah Hyphenation: us‧taz‧ah Syllabification: us‧ta‧zah === Noun === ustazah (Jawi spelling استاذه, plural asatizah) A female teacher of Arabic or Islamic classes. Synonyms: ustaz m, cikgu, guru A form of address for such a teacher; miss. Synonyms: ustaz m, cikgu Ustazah Syarifah ― Miss Syarifah ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: ustazah (inherited) === Further reading === "ustazah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017