balig
See also: baliğ
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay baligh, balig, from Classical Malay بالغ (baligh), بالغ (balig), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbalɪk̚/
- Rhymes: -lɪk, -ɪk, -k
- Homophone: balik
- Hyphenation: ba‧lig
Adjective
balig
- mature, pubescent, adult
Alternative forms
- baligh: nonstandard Indonesian, Standard Malay
- bulug,
Derived terms
- akil balig
References
- Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, OCLC 29420936
Further reading
- “balig” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Maguindanao
Noun
balíg
- necklace; garland
Maranao
Noun
balig
- puberty