bendara
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦧꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦫ (bendara), from Prakrit bhaṁḍāra, bhaṁḍāāra, bhaṁḍāgāra, from Sanskrit भाण्डागार (bhāṇḍāgāra, “treasury”). Doublet of bendahara, bendahari, bendari, and bendoro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bənˈdara]
- Hyphenation: bên‧da‧ra
Noun
bêndara (plural bendara-bendara, first-person possessive bendaraku, second-person possessive bendaramu, third-person possessive bendaranya)
- alternative spelling of bendahara
- (archaic) treasurer, the government official in charge of the treasury.
- (archaic) steward, a person who manages the property or affairs for another entity, particularly (historical) the chief administrator of a medieval manor.
- (dialect, Java) a Javanese royal and nobility title, see Gelar kebangsawanan Jawa.
Further reading
- “bendara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
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