CHAPTER I-V - Digilib UIN Malang

“Murobbiyah” is originally from Arabic “Murobbiyan” 33 which means
“educator”. The same reason with above explanation about the use of the term
“Mabna”, the term “Murobbiyah” is chosen because of Islam has strong relation
to Arabic, the Holy Qur’an uses Arabic; Islam’s prophet “Mohammad” is also
from Arab. So, Arabic is inseparable with Islam in the entire world. Thus, the next
step is determining the additional disambiguous words.
Thirdly, the directional sign “Murobbiyah’s Room” can be added with
some disambiguation words, this proceses aimed at avoiding ambiguity in
reaching out the intended meaning of this directional sign. The utterance
“Murobbiyah’s Room” can be added with “this room is ……or head of
counselor’s room ”. These additional words are not contrast or against the original
meaning of the utterance, because these additional words are elaborated from the
original utterance and based on the reader’s background knowledge. We
understand that explicature is enrichment from the original utterance. 34 Originally,
murobbiyah here is an educator, as we know that educator not only shares the
knowledge but also has responsibility in considering moral values to the students.
But in Mabna, Murobbiyah has double functions as an educator all at one as a
head of many counselors and students at this dormitory building. However, these
additional words are added to explicate the salient meaning of the utterance, in
order to help the readers easily understand the utterance.
33 Ibid, 1989: 136
34 Loc.Cit, 2000: 102