beludru

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• beldu, belederu, beledu, bludru

Etymology

Corruption of earlier beledu, ultimately from Portuguese veludo.

Noun

beludru (first-person possessive beludruku, second-person possessive beludrumu, third-person possessive beludrunya)

1. 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

• “beludru” 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.