bestari
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bestari (“smart”), from Classical Malay bestari, from Sanskrit विस्तार (vistāra, “extensive, broad, detailed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəstari/
- Hyphenation: bes‧ta‧ri
Adjective
bêstari
- (poetic) smart, well educated
Further reading
- “bestari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Adjective
bestari (Jawi spelling بستاري)
- smart
- sekolah bestari
- smart school