Maktab

noun

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

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kuttab

Etymology

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

Related phrases

elementary school

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