ilmu pasti
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of ilmu (“science”) + pasti (“sure, certain”), calque of Dutch wiskunde (“mathematics”, literally “art of what is known”) and Dutch exacte wetenschap.
- Sense of exact science is reinforced by semantic loan from English exact science.
- Sense of mathematics was displaced by matematika.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ilmu pasti (first-person possessive ilmu pastiku, second-person possessive ilmu pastimu, third-person possessive ilmu pastinya)
- (archaic) mathematics.
- Kesarjanaan al - Biruni terutama sekali dijuruskan untuk matematika (ilmu pasti).... ― Al-Biruni scholarship was in mathematics....
- (colloquial) exact science
- Synonyms: eksakta, ilmu eksakta
Synonyms edit
- (mathematics): matematik (Standard Malay)
- (mathematics): matematika (Indonesian)
Further reading edit
- “ilmu pasti” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.