Meanings
alternative blanja
- ManglishSinglishTo give someone a treat.
If only Kei could belanja them some good cold stuff in this heat.
2023, Aishah Zainal, Hades, Gerakbudaya Enterprise, →ISBN2 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 37Belanja 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
- Malaybelanja
- Englishbelanja
From Malay belanja.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
belanja. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belanja
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