beliau

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay beliau. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈli.au̯/ Rhymes: -iau̯ Hyphenation: be‧li‧au === Pronoun === bêliau (third-person singular pronoun) (honorific) he, she; him, her (referring to someone highly respected, of higher status or older) (honorific) his, her ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “beliau”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === Uncertain, probably from belia (“young”), from Sanskrit बाल्य (bālya, “relating to children”). Originally used to refer to someone who the speaker did not want to name. The word undergoes amelioration, but the reduplicated form (beliau-beliau) for plural pronoun still preserved the original meaning of "undesirable third persons" used as pejoration. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bə.liau̯/ Rhymes: -iau̯, -jau̯, -au̯ === Pronoun === beliau (Jawi spelling بلياو) (honorific) he, she (someone highly respected or of high status) ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: beliau ==== See also ==== === Further reading === "beliau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 “beliau”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN