belanja

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali valañja (“that which is spent or secreted”) via Malay belanja.

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

belanja (first-person possessive belanjaku, second-person possessive belanjamu, third-person possessive belanjanya)

1. cost, amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.

   Synonyms: biaya, ongkos

2. salary, wage.

   Synonyms: gaji, upah

3. (finance) expenditure

   belanja perpajakan ― tax expenditure

Verb

belanja (base-imperative-colloquial belanja, active berbelanja, passive dibelanja)

1. to shop
   1. (intransitive) to visit stores or shops to buy something.
   2. (transitive) to buy something from stores or shop.
2. (colloquial) to spend, to pay out.

   Synonym: bayar

Conjugation

Conjugation of (meng-, ber-, intransitive)
Root
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	berbelanja	terbelanja	dibelanja	belanja	belanjalah
Locative	membelanjai	terbelanjai	dibelanjai	belanjai	belanjailah
Causative / Applicative1	membelanjakan	terbelanjakan	dibelanjakan	belanjakan	belanjakanlah
	Causative
Active	memperbelanja	terperbelanja	diperbelanja	perbelanja	perbelanjalah
Locative	memperbelanjai	terperbelanjai	diperbelanjai	perbelanjai	perbelanjailah
Causative / Applicative1	memperbelanjakan	terperbelanjakan	diperbelanjakan	perbelanjakan	perbelanjakanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: 'berbelanja' is the active form, instead of 'membelanja.' Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• belanjaan
• 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 Indonesia, 2016.