balig

See also: baliğ

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay baligh, balig, from Classical Malay بالغ (baligh), بالغ (balig), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbaliɡ/ [ˈba.lɪk̚], /ˈbaliʔ/ [ˈba.lɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aliɡ, -aliʔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧lig

Adjective

balig (comparative lebih balig, superlative paling balig)

  1. mature, pubescent, adult

Derived terms

  • akil balig

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993), Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Maguindanao

Noun

balíg

  1. necklace; garland

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

Noun

balig

  1. puberty