kumpulan

Kumpulan is a word in Indonesian and Malay that denotes a group of items or people, often understood as a collection or assembly. The term is formed from the root kumpul, meaning to gather, with the suffix -an to indicate a noun of collection or aggregation.

In everyday usage, kumpulan has two broad senses. First, it can refer to a group of people or organizations that share a purpose or identity, such as a kumpulan wartawan (a group of journalists) or a kumpulan perusahaan (a group of companies). Second, it can indicate a collection of objects or data, for example kumpulan lagu (a collection of songs), kumpulan cerita (an anthology of stories), or kumpulan data (a dataset). In academic or technical contexts, however, the term himpunan is more commonly used for mathematical sets, with kumpulan serving as a more general or informal synonym in non-technical language.

Nuances distinguish kumpulan from related terms. Kelompok often emphasizes organizational structure or subgroup identity within a larger social context, while kumpulan emphasizes the act of gathering or the resulting collection, rather than formal affiliation. The term is versatile across domains such as culture, information management, and media, where it frequently appears in compound forms like kumpulan muzik (music group) or kumpulan berita (a set of news items).

See also: kelompok, himpunan, koleksi.