“Municipality”, “Municipalities” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Municipality” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) Baladeya

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بلديّة (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Municipalities” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Baladiyet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بلديّات

(Editor’s note: An observation of interconnectedness — In Turkish, “Municipality” is Belediye.)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“What is this municipality called?”

Chnowa esmha el baladeya hedhi?

شنوّا اسمها البلديّة هاذي؟

 
“That is a municipality office.”

Hedheka birou teba3 el baladeya.

.هذاكا بيرو تابع البلديّة

 
“How many staff work for the municipality?”

9addech men 3abd yekhdem fi el baladeya?

قدّاش من عبد يخدم في البلديّة؟

 
“There are only a few municipalities in this region.”

Famma chwaya baladiyet akahaw fi el ment9a hedhi.

.فمّا شويّة بلديّات أكهو في المنطقة هاذي

 
“My father works for the local municipality.”

Baba yekhdm fel baladeya.

.بابا يخدم في البلديّة

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“City”, “Cities” in Tunisian Arabic

“Village”, “Villages” in Tunisian Arabic

“Government”, “Governments” in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Municipality”, “Municipalities” in Turkish