See also: تلد and ب ل د

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ب ل د (b-l-d)

Verb edit

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

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

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to acclimatize, to habituate
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

Compare Ugaritic 𐎁𐎍𐎄 (bld).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بَلَد (baladm (plural بِلَاد (bilād) or بُلْدَان (buldān))

  1. country, land, homeland
  2. town, city
  3. place, village, community
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • 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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Persian edit

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Etymology 1 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “From Proto-Iranian *bala- (force; strong), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bálas (forceful, strong)?[1]

Adjective edit

بلد (balad)

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

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic بَلَد (balad).

Noun edit

بلد (balad)

  1. (obsolete) town
Descendants edit

References edit

  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 edit

Root
ب ل د
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَلَد (balad).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

بلد (baladf (plural بلاد (bilād))

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

Ushojo edit

Noun edit

بلد (baldm

  1. acquaintance