persepuluhan

Indonesian

Etymology

sepuluh +‎ per- -an. Calque of English decimal for sense of decimal. Calque of Hebrew מַעֲשֵׂר (ma'aser, “tithe”) for sense of tithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pərsəpuˈluhan]

Noun

persepuluhan (first-person possessive persepuluhanku, second-person possessive persepuluhanmu, third-person possessive persepuluhannya)

1. decimal: a number expressed in the base-ten system.

   Synonym: desimal

2. (Christianity) tithe: a contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship.

   Synonym: perpuluhan

Further reading

• “persepuluhan” 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.