jumlah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• djoemlah (pre-1947)
• djumlah (pre-1967)

Etymology

From Malay jumlah, from Classical Malay jumlah, from Arabic جُمْلَة (jumla).

• The sense “sentence” is a semantic loan from Arabic جُمْلَة (jumla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊmlah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: jum‧lah

Noun

jumlah (first-person possessive jumlahku, second-person possessive jumlahmu, third-person possessive jumlahnya)

1. total: an amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
2. sum: a quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
3. (Arabic grammar) sentence

Derived terms

• berjumlah
• dijumlah
• dijumlahkan
• jumlahan
• menjumlah
• menjumlahkan
• penjumlah
• penjumlahan
• sejumlah
• terjumlah

 

• jumlah seperanak

 

Further reading

• “jumlah” 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 Arabic جُمْلَة (jumla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒumlah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah

Noun

jumlah (Jawi spelling جومله, plural jumlah-jumlah, informal 1st possessive jumlahku, 2nd possessive jumlahmu, 3rd possessive jumlahnya)

1. sum; total

Further reading

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