akaun

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed 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). Compare with Tok Pisin akaun.

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /eˈkaun/ [eˈka.un] (English-based)
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  • (Baku) IPA(key): /aˈkaun/ [aˈka.un]
  • Rhymes: -aun, -un
  • Hyphenation: a‧ka‧un

Noun

akaun (Jawi spelling اکاءون, plural akaun-akaun or akaun2)

  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.
      akaun MaybankMaybank 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.

Derived terms

Affixations
  • perakaunan
Compounds
  • akaun bank (bank account)
  • akaun beku (frozen account)
  • akaun bersama
  • akaun lapuk
  • akaun luput
  • akaun pendapatan dan perbelanjaan
  • akaun penerima sahaja
  • akaun semasa (transaction account)
  • akaun simpanan (savings account)
  • akaun T
  • akaun untung rugi

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from English account. Compare with Malay akaun.

Noun

akaun

  1. bank account