In South Asia, a warehouse keeper, store manager, or someone in charge of supplies and provisions.
From Hindi/Marathi 'bhandar' (store, warehouse), from Sanskrit 'bhandara' (treasury), which may derive from a root meaning 'container.' The '-i' suffix indicates the person who manages it.
In British colonial India, the bhandari was an essential figure—they controlled the supplies, knew where everything was stored, and essentially kept the whole operation running smoothly!
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