bandahali

• banrahali — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Borrowed from Brunei Malay bendahari (“treasurer”), from Sanskrit भाण्डागारिक (bhāṇḍāgārika, “treasurer”). Compare Hindi भंडार (bhaṇḍār) and Javanese ꦧꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦫ (bendara).

• Hyphenation: ban‧da‧ha‧li
• IPA^(key): /bandaˈhaliʔ/, [bɐn.dɐˈha.lɪʔ]
• IPA^(key): /bandaˈhali/, [bɐn.dɐˈha.lɪ]

bandahalì or bandahali

1. majordomo; chief steward; butler

   Synonyms: mayordomo, punong-katiwala

2. housekeeper

   Synonym: maybahay

3. manager; person-in-charge

   Synonyms: tagapamahala, tagapangasiwa, engkargado

• “bandahali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (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.”