From Malay bestari (“smart”), from Classical Malay bestari, from Sanskrit विस्तार (vistāra, “extensive, broad, detailed”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəsˈtari/ [bəsˈt̪a.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: bes‧ta‧ri

bêstari

1. (poetic) smart, well educated

• “bestari”, 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

bestari (Jawi spelling بستاري, comparative lebih bestari, superlative paling bestari)

1. smart

   sekolah bestari

   smart school