بلاش

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Probably from Arabic بِلَا شَيْء‎ (bi-lā šayʾ, “for nothing”). Eventually the b- was considered part of the word, and the preposition ب‎ (b(i)-) is now added before it again.

Noun

بلاش (balāš) m

  1. No charge; no money; a price of zero; (in context) for free; gratis.
    ‏ما في شي ببلاش غير العمى والطراش.‎‎
    Ma fi ši bi-balāš ḡayr il-ʿama wi-ṭ-ṭarāš.
    Nothing is for free except blindness and deafness. (A saying.)
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