bendesa

== Balinese == === Noun === bendesa alternative spelling of bendésa == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Balinese bendésa, from Sanskrit देश (deśa). Doublet of desa. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bənˈdesa/ [bənˈde.sa] Rhymes: -esa Syllabification: ben‧de‧sa === Noun === bêndésa (plural bendesa-bendesa) (chiefly dialectal) cultural village chief === Further reading === “bendesa”, 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