balad

See also: baläd

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *belaj (“spread out to dry in the sun”). Compare Cebuano bulad and Tagalog bilad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlad/ [baˈl̪ad̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lad

Noun

balád (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜇ᜔)

1. a sunbath (during midday)

   Synonyms: pasaldang, paaldaw

2. manner of drying under the sun

   Synonyms: paalang, pamara

Verb

balád (plural baralad, Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜇ᜔)

1. to sunbathe (during midday)

   Synonyms: pasaldang, paaldaw

2. to dry under the sun

   Synonyms: paalang, pamara

Derived terms

• baladon
• magbalad

 

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalad/ [ˈba.lat̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lad

Noun

balad (Jawi spelling بلد, plural balad-balad, informal 1st possessive baladku, 2nd possessive baladmu, 3rd possessive baladnya)

1. country

   Synonym: bangsa

Further reading

• “balad” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Spanish

Verb

balad

1. second-person plural imperative of balar

Sundanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lad/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lad

Noun

balad

1. (collective plural) people, folks
2. (collective plural) army
   • 1951, R. Djatnika Soeriadiradja, Baduj: Buku Batjaan Bahasa Sunda, page 6:

     Urang Baduj teh kawasna moal lepat deui asal urang Padjadjaran, anu ngantunkeun karaton nalika dajeuh dirandjah ku balad Islam.

     [Urang Baduy téh kawasna moal lepat deui asal urang Pajajaran, anu ngantunkeun karaton nalika dayeuh diranjah ku balad Islam.]

     The Badui people most likely originate from the people of Pajajaran who left the palace when the city was attacked by Islamic forces.

3. (by extension) like-minded friends

   Si éta mah balad arurang, lain?

   That guy's our friend, isn't he?

Further reading

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

• "BALAD", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Volapük

Noun

balad (nominative plural balads)

1. union

Declension

declension of balad

	singular	plural
nominative	balad	balads
genitive	balada	baladas
dative	balade	balades
accusative	baladi	baladis
vocative 1	o balad!	o balads!
predicative 2	baladu	baladus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only