On Fri, 4 May 2001 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote: > I couldn't find MADRASSAH or MEDRESSAH in the OED. I checked under the keywords Islamic and Koranic (school). > HAS ANYONE FROM THE OED _EVER_ BEEN TO CENTRAL ASIA???? Found in the online OED madrasah, medresseh "a Muslim college" first cite 1662. Allen maberry at u.washington.edu