bentar

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay bentar, from Sanskrit अवान्तर (avāntara, “intermediate”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bənˈtar/ [bən̪ˈt̪ar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: ben‧tar

Adjective

bentar

1. for a moment

Derived terms

• sebentar
• sebentar-sebentar
• sesebentar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦼꦤ꧀ꦠꦂ (bentar, “split in two; to crack open”), from Old Javanese bĕntar (“split, sundered, shattered”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bənˈtar/ [bən̪ˈt̪ar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: ben‧tar

Adjective

bentar

1. split

   Synonym: belah

Noun

bentar (plural bentar-bentar)

1. (archaeology) unroofed gate

Etymology 3

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛntar/ [ˈben̪.t̪ar]
• Rhymes: -ɛntar
• Syllabification: ben‧tar

Verb

bentar

1. to walk (around)

Derived terms

• berbentar
• membentari
• membentarkan
• perbentaran

Further reading

• “bentar”, 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