“Downtown”, “Downtowns” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Downtown” & “Downtowns” (the nouns, as in the central area of a city) is written using the Latin script as:

Wost lbled

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

وسط البلاد

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Can you drive me downtown?”

Tnajem twasalni l wost lbled?

تنجّم توصّلني لوسط البلاد؟

 
“We’re downtown.”

A7na fi wost lbled.

.أحنا في وسط البلاد

 
“Do you want to meet downtown?”

T7eb net9ablou fi wost lbled?

تحب نتقابلو في وسط البلاد؟

 
“I like many of the downtowns in Tunisia.”

Ye3jebni wost lbled mta3 barcha wileyet fi tounes.

.يعجبني وسط البلاد متاع برشا ولايات في تونس

 
“I’ll be downtown at 4pm.”

Ena bech nkoun fi wost lbled m3a el 4 mta3 la3chiya.

.أنا باش نكون في وسط البلاد مع ال4 متاع العشيّة

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Downtown”, “Downtowns” in Lebanese Arabic