بلد

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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)
See also[edit]

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