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pandai.

smart

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈpandai̯/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpan.dai̯]Standard-Indonesian

  1. smart exhibiting social ability or cleverness

  2. smart exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books

  3. smart equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology)

  4. able (having the necessary knowledge to accomplish a task)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay pandai, from Old Javanese paṇḍe, paṇḍay (“skilled worker; smith”), from Prakrit paṁḍia, from Sanskrit पाण्ड्यः (pāṇḍyaḥ, “best of the learned”), पाण्डित्य (pāṇḍitya, “cleverness”) or पण्डित (paṇḍita). Doublet of pandita and pendeta.

noun/ˈpandai̯/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpan.dai̯]Standard-Indonesian

  1. craftsperson

  2. smith (a craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith)

  3. gatherer; compounder

    uncommon
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay pandai, from Old Javanese paṇḍe, paṇḍay (“skilled worker; smith”), from Prakrit paṁḍia, from Sanskrit पाण्ड्यः (pāṇḍyaḥ, “best of the learned”), पाण्डित्य (pāṇḍitya, “cleverness”) or पण्डित (paṇḍita). Doublet of pandita and pendeta.

verb/ˈpandai̯/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpan.dai̯]Standard-Indonesian

  1. able, can

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay pandai, from Old Javanese paṇḍe, paṇḍay (“skilled worker; smith”), from Prakrit paṁḍia, from Sanskrit पाण्ड्यः (pāṇḍyaḥ, “best of the learned”), पाण्डित्य (pāṇḍitya, “cleverness”) or पण्डित (paṇḍita). Doublet of pandita and pendeta.

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