ilmu pasti

Indonesian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪlmu ˈpasti]

Noun

ilmu pasti (first-person possessive ilmu pastiku, second-person possessive ilmu pastimu, third-person possessive ilmu pastinya)

1. (archaic) mathematics.

   Kesarjanaan al - Biruni terutama sekali dijuruskan untuk matematika (ilmu pasti).... ― Al-Biruni scholarship was in mathematics....

2. (colloquial) exact science

   Synonyms: eksakta, ilmu eksakta

Synonyms

• (mathematics): matematik (Standard Malay)
• (mathematics): matematika (Indonesian)

Further reading

• “ilmu pasti” 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.