bestari
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bestari (“smart”), from Classical Malay bestari, from Sanskrit विस्तार (vistāra, “extensive, broad, detailed”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəsˈtari/ [bəsˈt̪a.ri]
- Rhymes: -ari
- Syllabification: bes‧ta‧ri
Adjective
bêstari
- (poetic) smart, well educated
Further reading
- “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
Malay
Adjective
bestari (Jawi spelling بستاري, comparative lebih bestari, superlative paling bestari)
- smart
- sekolah bestari
- smart school