Where does “maktab rendah” come from?

maktab rendah (Malay) comes from Malay maktab, from Arabic مَكْتَب, from Arabic ت — Form of ة; Dialectal form of ة; Abbreviation of...

maktab rendah (Malay): junior college, sixth-form college: an educational institution, where students aged 16 to 19 study typically for advanced post-school level qualifications consisting solely of a sixth form

Definitions

  1. junior college, sixth-form college: an educational institution, where students aged 16 to 19 study typically for advanced post-school level qualifications consisting solely of a sixth form

Ancestry of “maktab rendah”, step by step

maktab rendah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay maktab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymaktabschool, college
2Arabicمَكْتَبelementary school
3ArabicتForm of ة; Dialectal form of ة; Abbreviation of...

via Malay rendah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrendahlow (height)
2Proto-Mon-Khmer*daap
Every word from Arabic ت
maktab rendah — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer