kesuburan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed subur (“fertile”) +‎ ke- -an, inherited from Malay kesuburan (“fertility”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.su.bʊr.an/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: kê‧su‧bur‧an

Noun

kêsuburan (plural kesuburan-kesuburan, first-person possessive kesuburanku, second-person possessive kesuburanmu, third-person possessive kesuburannya)

1. fertility:
   1. (uncountable, medicine) the condition, or the degree, of being fertile.

      Synonyms: fekunditas, fertilitas

   2. (countable, demography) the birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.

      Synonym: fertilitas

   3. (countable, demography) the average number of births per woman within a population.

      Synonym: fertilitas

Further reading

• “kesuburan” 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.