How to say "for nothing, without payment (colloquial Arabic) → for free (Israeli slang)" in Arabic

Loanword

Meaningfor nothing, without payment (colloquial Arabic) → for free (Israeli slang)

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

بَلَاش

balāshבלאש

بلاش

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

בלאש

balashبَالَاش

How the two words are related

Loanword

Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).

A colloquial contraction of بِلَا شَيْء, 'without a thing' — the everyday Levantine word for 'free of charge'. Israeli slang borrowed it whole: זה בלאש means exactly what it says, no cost at all.

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Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

فَابُور

fāborפאבור

A different word: fābor, from Spanish favor, is 'for free' in Darija.

In a phrase

خُذْهُ بَلَاش

khudhhu balāshח'ד'ה בלאש

take it for free

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