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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«مِنْ غِيطُهْ بَلَاشْ»

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

What comes from his own field costs him nothing.

Literal wording

From his field — for nothing.

Meaning and lesson

The phrase says that what comes from his own field, meaning his farm plot, reaches him free of charge. It names the source rather than the person, so the idea of someone supplying himself from his own ground is implied: he pays no market price because he grew it rather than bought it.

More broadly, the line points to the saving that comes from drawing on what you own: having the source of what you consume spares you the cash outlay others face. Here 'for nothing' means without cost, not worthless or dismissive.

When it is used

Used when someone benefits from crops or goods produced on their own land rather than purchased, emphasizing that they need not pay a market price for what they supply themselves.

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