bilangan

See also: Bilangan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bilangan. Equivalent to bilang +‎ -an. Compare to Maranao bilangan (“calendar”), Tagalog bilangan (“counting (of ballots, votes, etc.”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /biˈlaŋan/ [biˈla.ŋan]
• Rhymes: -aŋan
• Syllabification: bi‧la‧ngan

Noun

bilangan (plural bilangan-bilangan)

1. sum

   Synonym: jumlah

2. number
3. (rare) group

   Synonyms: golongan, kalangan, lingkungan

4. (colloquial, chiefly Jakarta) neighborhood, district or city
5. (colloquial, dated) fate

   Synonyms: nasib, takdir

6. (colloquial, dated) divination (the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events)

   Synonym: ramalan

Derived terms

• bilangan asli (“natural number”)
• bilangan bulat (“integer”)
• bilangan cacah (“whole number”)
• bilangan campuran (“mixed number”)
• bilangan catu (“quantum number”)
• bilangan desimal (“decimal number”)
• bilangan ganjil (“odd number”)
• bilangan gasal (“odd number”)
• bilangan gelombang (“wavenumber”)
• bilangan genap (“even number”)
• bilangan imajiner (“imaginary number”)
• bilangan irasional (“irrational number”)
• bilangan kardinal (“cardinal number”)
• bilangan kendali (“control number”)
• bilangan khayal (“imaginary number”)
• bilangan kompleks (“complex number”)
• bilangan kuadrat (“square number”)
• bilangan kuantum (“quantum number”)
• bilangan mach (“Mach number”)
• bilangan oksidasi (“oxidation number”)
• bilangan ordinal (“ordinal number”)
• bilangan pecahan (“fractional number”)
• bilangan penuh (“integer”)
• bilangan pokok (“base (exponentiation)”)
• bilangan prima (“prime number”)
• bilangan rasional (“rational number”)
• bilangan tingkat (“ordinal number”)
• bilangan utuh (“integer”)

Further reading

• “bilangan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From bilang +‎ -an, from Proto-Malayic *bilaŋ-an, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bilaŋ-an, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bilaŋ-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bilaŋ-an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilaŋan/
• Rhymes: -aŋan, -ŋan, -an

Noun

bilangan (Jawi spelling بيلڠن, plural bilangan-bilangan)

1. number (abstract entity)

   Synonym: nombor

Descendants

• Indonesian: bilangan

Further reading

• “bilangan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Etymology

From bilang +‎ -an.

Noun

bilangan

1. calendar

   Synonym: takowim

Tagalog

Etymology

From bilang +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /bilaˈŋan/ [bɪ.lɐˈŋan̪] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA^(key): /biˈlaŋan/ [bɪˈlaː.ŋɐn̪] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -aŋan
• Syllabification: bi‧la‧ngan

Noun

bilangán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅᜈ᜔)

1. act, time, or place of counting (of ballots, votes, etc.)

Verb

bilangan (complete binilangan, progressive binibilangan, contemplative bibilangan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅᜈ᜔)

1. to make a count of something (to be given to someone)
2. (boxing) to make a long count

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for bilangan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	bilang		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
bilangan	binilangan	binibilangan inabilangan1	bibilangan abilangan1	bilangi1
1 Dialectal use only.