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بلد

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See also: تلد and ب ل د

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Compare Ugaritic 𐎁𐎍𐎄 (bld).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَلَد (balad) m (plural بِلَاد (bilād) or بُلْدَان (buldān))

  1. country, land, homeland
  2. town, city
  3. place, village, community
Declension
More information singular, basic singular triptote ...
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Maltese: belt
  • French: bled
  • Northern Kurdish: beled
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: بلد (bäläd)
    • Azerbaijani: bələd
    • Ottoman Turkish: بلد (beled)
      • Turkish: belet (obsolete or historical)
  • Persian: بلد (balad)
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Etymology 1.2

Verb

بَلَّدَ (ballada) II (non-past يُبَلِّدُ (yuballidu), verbal noun تَبْلِيد (tablīd))

  1. to acclimatize, to habituate
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

Etymology

More information Root ...

Verb

بَلُدَ (baluda) I (non-past يَبْلُدُ (yabludu), verbal noun بَلَادَة (balāda))

  1. to be stupid, to be dull-witted
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...
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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَد (balad). Gender became feminine likely by analogy to names of countries and regions, which are feminine (i.e. مصر f (maṣr), الحجاز f (il-ḥigāz), الهند f (il-hind), etc.).

Pronunciation

Noun

بلد (balad) f (plural بلاد (bilād))

  1. country
    Synonym: دولة (dawla)
    • 1972, “رايات النصر”, Nabeela Andeel (lyrics), Ali Ismael (music):
      باسمك يا بلدي، حلفنا يا بلدي
      bi-smik ya baladi, ḥilifna ya baladi
      By your name, my country, we swore, my country
  2. (informal)
    1. internal region
      الشرقية بلد في مصر
      iš-šarʔiyya balad fi maṣr
      Sharqiyya is a region in Egypt
    2. village, rural district
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Persian

South Levantine Arabic

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