Jamia (جامعة ''jāmi‘a''; also ''jamiya''
'h'' is the
Arabic word for ''gathering''. It can also refer to a book
Al-Jami'a or a
mosque, or more generally, a university. In the latter sense it refers in official usage to a
modern university, based on the
Western model, as opposed to the medieval
madrasa.
["Djamia", in '']Encyclopaedia of Islam
The ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' (''EI'') is an encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Islamic studies published by Brill. It is considered to be the standard reference work in the field of Islamic studies. The first edition was published in ...
'', 2nd edition, Brill, 2012 The term seems to be a translation of "university" or the
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
"université" and emerged in the middle of the 19th century; the earliest definite use in this sense appears in 1906 in
Egypt.
References
Islamic terminology
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