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Where does “بلا” come from?

بلا (Arabic) comes from Arabic لَا, from Proto-Semitic lā — not; no.

بلا (Arabic): to test, to try; without; third-person masculine...

Definitions

  1. to test, to try; without; third-person masculine...

Ancestry of “بلا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicلَاnot; no, not
2Proto-Semiticlānot; no
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