From Javanese bendara (ꦧꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦫ), from Prakrit bhaṁḍāra, bhaṁḍāāra, bhaṁḍāgāra, from Sanskrit भाण्डागार (bhāṇḍāgāra, “treasury”). Doublet of bendahara, bendahari, bendara, bendari, bendoro, and bentara.

• IPA^(key): [bənˈdari]
• Hyphenation: bên‧da‧ri

bêndari (plural bendari-bendari)

1. alternative spelling of bendahari
2. the cook of ship

• “bendari”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016