begej

Malay

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English baggage. By surface analysis, beg +‎ -ej.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛɡɛd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ej, -j

Noun

begej (Jawi spelling بݢج, plural begej-begej)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) baggage

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • “beg”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
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