beledu

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• beludru, beldu, belederu
• baldu (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Etymology

From Portuguese veludo, from Spanish velludo, from Catalan vellut, from Late Latin villutus, from Latin villus (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bələdu/
• Hyphenation: bê‧lê‧du

Noun

bêlêdu (first-person possessive beleduku, second-person possessive beledumu, third-person possessive beledunya)

1. (archaic) velvet: A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.

Further reading

• “beledu” 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.