English-Finnish translations for madras

• Madras
  Haluan kääntyä komission jäsen Diamantopoulun puoleen ja mainita jotakin Pakistanissa toimivista islamilaisista uskonnollisista kouluista, niin kutsutuista madrasseista. I want to address Commissioner Diamantopoulou and mention something about the Islamic religious schools, or madrassas as they are called, in Pakistan.
  Kuvernööri Taseerin tytär kävi Smith Collegea ja opiskeli eurooppalaista politiikkaa ja ihmisoikeuksia, mutta liian monet ihmiset Pakistanissa koulutetaan madrassoissa. The daughter of Governor Taseer went to Smith College and she studied European politics and human rights, but too many people in Pakistan are educated in madrasahs.

Definition of madras

• A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern
• A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies

Related words

• madrassah
• madrassa
• madrasah
• madrasa
• madrasseh
• madras eye