sahaja

Inherited from Malay sahaja, from Sanskrit सहज (sahaja, “natural, innate, original”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /saˈhad͡ʒa/ [saˈha.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: sa‧ha‧ja

sahaja

1. archaic form of saja
2. (archaic) actually

   Synonym: sebenarnya

3. (archaic) duly, rightly

   Synonym: sewajarnya

4. (archaic) deliberately

   Synonym: sengaja

• “sahaja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• saja (colloquial or nonstandard Malay, also standard Indonesia)
• aja (Jakarta)
• je, aje (Peninsular esp. Kuala Lumpur)
• jak (Pontianak)
• ja (etc., Sabah)

Borrowed from Sanskrit सहज (sahaja, “natural, innate, original”).

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /saˈhad͡ʒa/ [saˈha.d͡ʒa]

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /saˈhad͡ʒə/ [saˈha.d͡ʒə]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ha‧ja

sahaja (Jawi spelling سهاج)

1. only

   Synonyms: cuma, hanya

   Makanan ini untuk haiwan peliharaan sahaja.

   This food is for pets only.

• > Indonesian: saja (inherited)
• → Tausug: sadja

• "sahaja" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017