pendeta

From Malay pendeta, from Javanese ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ (pandhita, “a Hindu priest, religious leader”), from Old Javanese paṇḍita (“sage, holy man”), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍitá, “scholar, philosopher”).

• IPA^(key): /pən.dɛ.ta/
• Hyphenation: pêndèta

pêndèta (first-person possessive pendetaku, second-person possessive pendetamu, third-person possessive pendetanya)

1. wise person
2. monk
3. priest, especially Christian and Hindu priest

• kependetaan

• “pendeta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

pendeta

1. Nonstandard spelling of pandhita.

From Javanese ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ (pandhita, “a Hindu priest, religious leader”), from Old Javanese, from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍitá, “scholar, philosopher”). Doublet of pandai.

• IPA^(key): /pən.dɛ.ta/
• Hyphenation: pendéta

pendéta (Jawi spelling ڤنديتا‎, plural pendeta-pendeta, informal 1st possessive pendetaku, 2nd possessive pendetamu, 3rd possessive pendetanya)

1. wise person
2. monk
3. priest, especially of Hindu faith

• Indonesian: pendeta

• Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 139-140

• “pendeta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.