belanja

Indonesian

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Pali valañja (“that which is spent or secreted”).

• Semantic loan from Javanese ꦧ꧀ꦭꦚ꧀ꦗ (blanja) for "to spend, to pay out" sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlaɲ.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa
• Hyphenation: bê‧lan‧ja

Noun

bêlanja

1. expense (a spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds)
2. expenditure

   Synonyms: pengeluaran, pembelanjaan

   1. the act of expending money or paying out
   2. the amount of expended money
3. (rare) salary; wages (one's total income for a time period)

   Synonyms: gaji, upah

Verb

bêlanja

1. colloquial/imperative of berbelanja

Derived terms

• belanjaan
• belanjai
• belanjakan
• berbelanja
• pembelanja
• pembelanjaan
• perbelanjaan

 

Further reading

• “belanja” 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.