bandahali

• banrahali — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bandaˈhaliʔ/ [bɐn̪.d̪ɐˈhaː.lɪʔ], /bandaˈhali/ [bɐn̪.d̪ɐˈhaː.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -aliʔ, -ali
• Syllabification: ban‧da‧ha‧li

bandahalì or bandahali (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜑᜎᜒ)

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, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 409: “Mayordomo ) [Banrahali] (pp) de ſeñor o de caſa, es vocablo Burney pero todos le entienden.”