pendeta

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

• IPA^(key): /pən.dɛ.ta/
• Hyphenation: pêndèta

pêndèta (plural pendeta-pendeta, first-person possessive pendetaku, second-person possessive pendetamu, third-person possessive pendetanya)

1. wise person
2. monk
3. priest, especially Christian and Hindu priest

• “pendeta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.