# 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: /biˈlaŋan/ [biˈla.ŋan]
* Rhymes: -aŋan
* Syllabification: bi‧la‧ngan

### Noun

bilangan (plural bilangan-bilangan)
* sum
    Synonym: jumlah
* number
* (rare) group
    Synonyms: golongan, kalangan, lingkungan
* (colloquial, chiefly Jakarta) neighborhood, district or city
* (colloquial, dated) fate
    Synonyms: nasib, takdir
* (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: /bilaŋan/
* Rhymes: -aŋan, -ŋan, -an

### Noun

bilangan (Jawi spelling بيلڠن, plural bilangan-bilangan, informal 1st possessive bilanganku, 2nd possessive bilanganmu, 3rd possessive bilangannya)
* number (abstract entity)

#### Synonyms

* nombor / نومبور

#### 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
* calendar
    Synonym: takowim

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From bilang +‎ -an.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

bilangán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅᜈ᜔)
* act, time, or place of counting (of ballots, votes, etc.)

### Verb

bilangan (complete binilangan, progressive binibilangan, contemplative bibilangan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅᜈ᜔)
* to make a count of something (to be given to someone)
* (boxing) to make a long count