soroban

English

Etymology

From Japanese 算盤 (soroban).

Noun

soroban (plural sorobans)

  1. A Japanese abacus derived from the Chinese suanpan.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 算盤(そろばん) (soroban). Doublet of cempoa, cipoa, sempoa, sipoa, suipoa, and swipoa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [soˈroban]
  • Hyphenation: so‧ro‧ban

Noun

soroban (plural soroban-soroban)

  1. soroban

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

soroban

  1. Rōmaji transcription of そろばん
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