Borrowed from Japanese 神社 (じんじゃ, jinja), from Middle Chinese 神社, from Old Chinese 神社 (“sacrificial altar, shrine”), from 神 (*hlin, “deity, divine”) +‎ 社 (*ɦljaːʔ, “Earth deity [and altar]”). Cognate with Mandarin 神社 (shénshè, “shrine”).

jinja (plural jinjas or jinja)

1. (religion) A Shinto place of worship.

Borrowed from Japanese 神社(じんじゃ) (jinja, “Shinto place of worship”), from Old Chinese 神社 (“sacrificial altar, shrine”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒind͡ʒa/ [ˈd͡ʒiɲ.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ind͡ʒa
• Syllabification: jin‧ja

jinja (plural jinja-jinja)

1. jinja, A Shinto place of worship.

• “jinja”, 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

jinja

1. Rōmaji transcription of じんじゃ