بالي

⁧بَالِي⁩ • (bālī) (form III)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of ⁧بَالَى⁩ (bālā)

From Arabic ⁧بالي⁩ (common informal pronunciation of ⁧بالٍ⁩ (bālin)), from the verb ⁧بَلِيَ⁩ (baliya, “to wear out, to attrit”).

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː.li/

⁧بالي⁩ • (bāli) m or f (plural ⁧بالنا⁩ (bālna))

1. ⁧بال⁩ (bāl, “mind, thinking, attention”)+⁧ـي⁩ (-i, “first person singular possessive affix”): my mind, my thinking, my attention

   ⁧بالي راح بعيد⁩ ― bāli rāḥ bʕīd ― I was thinking of matters unrelated to what was said (literally, “my mind went far (away)”)

⁧بالي⁩ • (bāli) (feminine ⁧بالْية⁩ (bālya))

1. untidy, unclean, in bad shape

   Synonyms: ⁧مبهذل⁩ (mbahḏal), ⁧معفس⁩ (mʕaffas)

   Synonyms: ⁧مرتب⁩ (mrattab), ⁧چيك⁩ (čīk)