بلد

See also: تلد and ب ل د

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ل د (b-l-d)

Verb

بَلُدَ • (baluda) I, non-past يَبْلُدُ‎ (yabludu)

  1. to be stupid, to be dull-witted
Conjugation

Verb

بَلَّدَ • (ballada) II, non-past يُبَلِّدُ‎ (yuballidu)

  1. to acclimatize, to habituate
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Compare Ugaritic 𐎁𐎍𐎄 (bld).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.lad/

Noun

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

  1. country, land, homeland
  2. town, city
  3. place, village, community
Declension
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)
See also

Persian

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bä.lǽd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bä.lǽd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bä.lǽd̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? balaḏ
Dari reading? balad
Iranian reading? balad
Tajik reading? balad

Adjective

بلد • (balad)

  1. knowledgeable
  2. adept
    فارسی بلدی؟fârsi baladi?Do you know Persian?

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَلَد (balad).

Noun

بلد • (balad)

  1. (obsolete) town
Descendants

References

  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 66-7

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ل د
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَد (balad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.lad/, [ˈba.lad]
  • (file)

Noun

بلد • (balad) f (plural بلاد (bilād))

  1. town, village, community, settlement
    Synonyms: مدينة (madīne, town, city), قرية (qarye, village)
  2. country
    Synonyms: بلاد (bilād), دولة (dawle)

Ushojo

Noun

بلد (bald) m

  1. acquaintance
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