jumlah

Jumlah is a noun in Indonesian and Malay meaning total, amount, or quantity. It denotes a numerical size or the aggregate of a set of items. It is widely used in everyday language as well as in technical, financial, and official contexts to express the overall count or sum of things such as people, money, or goods.

In mathematics and statistics, jumlah refers to the sum or total of numbers. The verb form meaning “to sum” is menjumlahkan, and the noun form refers to the result of addition. For example, jumlah angka 3, 5, and 7 adalah 15 (the sum of 3, 5, and 7 is 15). The related term penjumlahan denotes the operation of addition.

In finance and commerce, jumlah commonly describes monetary or material totals. Phrases such as jumlah uang (the amount of money), jumlah belanja (total expenditures), and jumlah barang (quantity of goods) are routine. It also appears in demographic or inventory contexts, for instance jumlah penduduk (population total) or jumlah stok (stock quantity).

As a head noun, jumlah can govern a nominal phrase with a following measure or classifier, and it often appears with a copula in equative sentences, such as Jumlah penduduk kota itu adalah satu juta. The term is neutral in register and is used across formal and informal discourse.

Etymologically, jumlah is used in Indonesian and Malay, with roots in Arabic, where similar forms convey the idea of a sum or whole. The contemporary sense of “total” is the dominant meaning in everyday usage.