perumpamaan

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• peroepamaän, peroempamaän (1901–1947)
• peroempamaan (1947–1972)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay perumpamaan. From umpama (instance, example) +‎ per- -an.

Noun

perumpamaan (plural perumpamaan-perumpamaan)

1. comparison

   Synonym: perbandingan

2. parable, imagery

   Synonym: tamsil

3. analogization
4. simile

Further reading

• “perumpamaan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016