soroban

English

Etymology

From Japanese 算盤 (soroban).

Noun

soroban (plural sorobans)

1. A Japanese abacus derived from the Chinese suanpan.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 算盤(そろばん) (soroban). Doublet of cempoa, cipoa, sempoa, sipoa, suipoa, and swipoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soˈroban]
• Hyphenation: so‧ro‧ban

Noun

soroban (first-person possessive sorobanku, second-person possessive sorobanmu, third-person possessive sorobannya)

1. soroban.

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

soroban

1. Rōmaji transcription of そろばん