From the root ب ل ع (b l ʕ), from Proto-Semitic *balVʕ-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *balVʕ-. Cognate with Hebrew בָּלַע (bālaʿ, “swallow, engulf”), Aramaic בְּלַע (“to swallow”), and Amharic በላ (bäla, “to eat”).
Practica parlar i memoritzar " بلع " i moltes altres paraules i frases a Arabic .