How to say "local, homegrown" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaninglocal, homegrown
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَلَدِيّ
baladīבלדי
بلدي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מקומי
mekomiمِكُومِي
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ب-ل-دNot a cognate but a straight loan into slang: Israeli Hebrew בלדי/בלאדי, praising a tomato or a cucumber as 'local, the real deal', is simply Arabic baladī, 'of the balad' — see the country entry for the shared root ب-ل-د.
Related Hebrew word:בלדיbaladiبَلَادِي
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In a phrase
مُنْتَج بَلَدِي
muntaj baladīמנתג' בלדיa local product
Feminine
بَلَدِيَّة
baladiyyaבלדיה