This is the 439th most frequent Malay word.
pinjaman
"Pinjaman" means "loan" in English.
In this sentence, 'pinjaman' (loan) is used to denote borrowing money from a financial institution.
Saya telah memohon pinjaman untuk membeli sebuah rumah.
I have applied for a loan to buy a house.
Here, 'pinjaman' (loan) refers to borrowing books from a library for a predefined period.
Perpustakaan menawarkan pinjaman buku selama dua minggu.
The library offers book loans for two weeks.
In this context, 'pinjaman' (borrowing) indicates linguistic borrowing or loanwords adopted into Malay from another language.