biladi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād), plural of بَلَد (balad).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

biladi class IX (plural biladi class X)

  1. town

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38 Nr. 287b