belanja
Indonesian
Etymology
- From Malay belanja, 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): /bəˈlan.d͡ʒa/
- Hyphenation: bê‧lan‧ja
Noun
belanja
- cost, amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
- Synonyms: biaya, ongkos
- salary, wage.
- Synonyms: gaji, upah
- (finance) expenditure
- belanja perpajakan ― tax expenditure
Verb
belanja
- (colloquial) to shop
- Synonym: berbelanja
- (colloquial) to spend, to pay out.
- Synonym: berbelanja
Derived terms
- belanjaan
- berbelanja
- membelanjai
- membelanjakan
- pembelanja
- pembelanjaan
- perbelanjaan
Further reading
- “belanja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.