bandahali
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- banrahali – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
Borrowed from Brunei Malay bendahari (“treasurer”), from Sanskrit भाण्डागारिक (bhāṇḍāgārika, “treasurer”). Compare Hindi भंडार (bhaṇḍār) and Javanese ꦧꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦫ (bendara).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ban‧da‧ha‧li
- IPA(key): /bandaˈhaliʔ/, [bɐn.dɐˈha.lɪʔ]
- IPA(key): /bandaˈhali/, [bɐn.dɐˈha.lɪ]
Noun
bandahalì or bandahali
- majordomo; chief steward; butler
- Synonyms: mayordomo, punong-katiwala
- housekeeper
- Synonym: maybahay
- manager; person-in-charge
- Synonyms: tagapamahala, tagapangasiwa, engkargado
Derived terms
- bandahaliin
- binandahali
- magbandahali
- pagbandahali
- pagbandahalian
References
- “bandahali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co.
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 409: “Mayordomo ) [Banrahali] (pp) de ſeñor o de caſa, es vocablo Burney pero todos le entienden.”
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