Where does “belanjaan” come from?

belanjaan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian belanja, from Malay belanja, from Pali valañja.

belanjaan (Indonesian): groceries

Definitions

  1. groceries

Ancestry of “belanjaan”, step by step

belanjaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian belanja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbelanjaexpense
2Malaybelanjaexpense; expenditure
3Palivalañja—

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—
Every word from Pali valañja →