bentara
Indonesian
editEtymology
editInherited from Malay bentara (“herald; usher”), probably from Javanese ꦧꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦫ (bendara, “noble”). Doublet of bendahara, bendahari, bendara, bendari, bendoro, and bentara.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbentara (plural bentara-bentara, first-person possessive bentaraku, second-person possessive bentaramu, third-person possessive bentaranya)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “bentara” 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.