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banjar

[ban-jar]

noun

LanguageBalinese (Indonesia)

Meaning
  1. banjar (a Balinese village council made up of married men)
  2. a Balinese village council
  3. A banjar is a local community organization or village council in Bali consisting of married men. It manages social, religious, and administrative affairs for the residents in a specific area.
Examples

Ditu di banjar, krama sami mapupul ngrembug parikrama desa.

There at the banjar, all the villagers gathered to discuss village activities.

Pronunciationban-jar

Part of speechnoun

Registerformal

Usage noteThis is a culturally specific term and often refers both to the geographical unit of the neighborhood and the council itself.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.