How to say "country" in Arabic
New wordMeaningcountry
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَلَد
baladבלד
بلد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ארץ
eretsإِرِتْس
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ب-ل-دNo ancient Hebrew relative — but Israelis already know this word from the market: 'baladi' (בלאדי) tomatoes — heirloom, local, of-the-land — is Arabic baladī, 'from the balad'.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
بْلَاد
blādבלאדDarija: blād — l-blād, 'the country', is Morocco itself.
In a phrase
مِن أَيِّ بَلَد أَنْتَ؟
min ayyi balad anta?מן אי בלד אנת?which country are you from?
Plural
بِلَاد
bilādבלאדbroken plural CiCāC — like جَبَل→جِبَال; bilād itself can also mean 'country, land', as in بِلَاد الشَّام