besaran

See also: besarán

Asturian

Verb

besaran

1. third-person plural pluperfect indicative of besar
2. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of besar

Catalan

Verb

besaran

1. third-person plural future indicative of besar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈsa.ran/
• Rhymes: -aran, -ran, -an, -n
• Hyphenation: bê‧sa‧ran

Etymology 1

Affixation of besar (“big, large”) +‎ -an.

• Semantic loan from English quantity for physics and chemistry sense.
• Semantic loan from English magnitude for mathematics sense.

Adjective

besaran

1. (informal) comparative degree of besar (“bigger; larger”)

Noun

besaran (first-person possessive besaranku, second-person possessive besaranmu, third-person possessive besarannya)

1. quantity (a fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items)

   Synonym: kuantitas

2. magnitude.
   1. (mathematics) a number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
   2. (mathematics) of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.

Etymology 2

Affixation of besar (“mulberry”) +‎ -an

Noun

besaran (first-person possessive besaranku, second-person possessive besaranmu, third-person possessive besarannya)

1. Alternative form of besar

Further reading

• “besaran” 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.

Spanish

Verb

besaran

1. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of besar