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بَلْدَة
town /ˈbal.da/
nounA2#726 most common
Also: small town, township, locality
Example sentences
هَذِهِ بَلْدَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ.
This is a small town.
أَسْكُنُ فِي بَلْدَةٍ قَرِيبَةٍ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ.
I live in a town near the sea.
تَقَعُ الْبَلْدَةُ بَيْنَ جَبَلَيْنِ عَالِيَيْنِ.
The town lies between two high mountains.
شَهِدَتِ الْبَلْدَةُ نُمُوًّا سَرِيعًا فِي السَّنَوَاتِ الْأَخِيرَةِ.
The town has seen rapid growth in recent years.
قَرَّرَ الْمَجْلِسُ تَرْمِيمَ الْمَبَانِي الْقَدِيمَةِ فِي قَلْبِ الْبَلْدَةِ.
The council decided to restore the old buildings in the heart of the town.
رَغْمَ صِغَرِ الْبَلْدَةِ، فَإِنَّهَا تَحْتَفِظُ بِتُرَاثٍ ثَقَافِيٍّ يَعُودُ إِلَى قُرُونٍ خَلَتْ.
Despite its small size, the town preserves a cultural heritage going back centuries.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَلْدَةٌ | بَلْدَاتٌ |
| Genitive | بَلْدَةٍ | بَلْدَاتٍ |
| Accusative | بَلْدَةً | بَلْدَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا بَلْدَةُ | يَا بَلْدَاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
بَلْدَة comes from the triliteral root ب-ل-د, which carries the sense of settled land or territory. It is the feminine form of بَلَد, 'country' or 'town,' and tends to mark a smaller settlement. The same root yields a wide family of words tied to land, locality, and local administration.
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