bandahali
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Brunei Malay bendahari (“treasurer”), from Sanskrit भाण्डागारिक (bhāṇḍāgārika, “treasurer”). Compare Hindi भंडार (bhaṇḍār) and Javanese ꦧꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦫ (bendara).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bandahalì or bandahali (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜑᜎᜒ)
- majordomo; chief steward; butler
- Synonyms: mayordomo, punong-katiwala
- housekeeper
- Synonym: maybahay
- manager; person-in-charge
- Synonyms: tagapamahala, tagapangasiwa, engkargado
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bandahali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 409: “Mayordomo ) [Banrahali] (pp) de ſeñor o de caſa, es vocablo Burney pero todos le entienden.”