akaun

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English account, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman acunte (account), from Old French aconte, from aconter (to reckon), from Latin computō (to sum up). Cognate to Tok Pisin akaun, Tagalog akuenta, and Indonesian akun.

Pronunciation

  • (English-based) IPA(key): [e.ka.un]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • (Baku) IPA(key): [a.ka.un]
  • Rhymes: -aun, -un
  • Hyphenation: a‧ka‧un

Noun

akaun (Jawi spelling اکاءون)

  1. An account:
    1. (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
    2. (banking) A bank account.
    3. (computing, Internet) A user account.
      akaun YouTubeYouTube account
  2. (banking) Savings stored in a bank and the records related with it.
  3. (informal) The field or subject of accounting.

Affixations

  • perakaunan

Compounds

  • akaun bank
  • akaun beku
  • akaun bersama
  • akaun lapuk
  • akaun luput
  • akaun pendapatan dan perbelanjaan
  • akaun penerima sahaja
  • akaun semasa
  • akaun simpanan
  • akaun T
  • akaun untung rugi

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English account. Cognate to Malay akaun.

Noun

akaun

  1. bank account