belanja

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Singapore/bəˈlɑnd͡ʒɑ/Singapore/-d͡ʒə/Singapore[bəˈland͡ʒa]

verb

To give someone a treat.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verb

alternative blanja

  1. ManglishSinglishTo give someone a treat.

    If only Kei could belanja them some good cold stuff in this heat.

    2023, Aishah Zainal, Hades, Gerakbudaya Enterprise, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    Actually, what I don’t understand about girls is why they expect us to belanja them all the time. Why can’t they belanja us?

    1981, Robert Yeo, Prize-winning Plays: Volumes 1-4, Federal Publications, page 37

    Belanja Eat, launched April 10, is a pay-it-forward initiative that lets you belanja (or treat) someone to a hawker meal.

    2020 April 19, Chelsea Kiew, Hannah Bock, “Virus Vigilantes: Doing good in trying times”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2024

Origin

  1. Malaybelanja
  2. Englishbelanja

From Malay belanja.

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Cite this entry
APA

belanja. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belanja

MLA

“belanja.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belanja. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belanja,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belanja.

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