bandel
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈban.dəl]
- Hyphenation: ban‧dêl
Etymology 1
From Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢꦼꦭ꧀, ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝꦼꦭ꧀ (bandel, bandhel, “obstinate, stubborn; undisciplined, disobedient; brave”), probably from Old Javanese waṅhĕl (“braced up, obstinate”), waṅal.
Adjective
bandêl
- stubborn
- Synonyms: kepala batu, badung
- (chiefly Jakarta) durable (of automobile or motorcycle engine)
- Synonym: awet
Derived terms
- membandel
- sebandel
Related terms
- berandal
Noun
bandêl (first-person possessive bandelku, second-person possessive bandelmu, third-person possessive bandelnya)
- nonstandard spelling of bundel (“bundle”).
Further reading
- “bandel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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