balad

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

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

balád (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜇ᜔)

1. a sunbath (during midday)

   Synonyms: pasaldang, paaldaw

2. manner of drying under the sun

   Synonyms: paalang, pamara

balád (plural baralad, Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜇ᜔)

1. to sunbathe (during midday)

   Synonyms: pasaldang, paaldaw

2. to dry under the sun

   Synonyms: paalang, pamara

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

balad (Jawi spelling بلد, plural balad-balad)

1. country

   Synonym: bangsa

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

balad

1. second-person plural imperative of balar

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

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 Baduy 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?

• "balad" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (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

balad (nominative plural balads)

1. union