pendeta

• Pdt. (abbreviation)

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”). Doublet of pandai and pandita.

• IPA^(key): /pənˈdɛ.ta/, [pənˈdɛ.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ɛta, -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: pên‧dè‧ta

pêndèta (plural pendeta-pendeta)

1. priest (a religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple)
2. (obsolete) hermit (a religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite)

   Synonym: pertapa

3. (obsolete) a wise person

• “pendeta” 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.

pendeta

1. nonstandard spelling of pandhita, romanization of ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ

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

• IPA^(key): /pənˈdeta/ [pənˈde.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: pendéta

pendéta (Jawi spelling ڤنديتا, plural pendeta-pendeta)

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

• Indonesian: pendeta

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 139-140

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