blighty: [20] Blighty is a legacy of British rule in India. Originally a term used by British soldiers serving in India for ‘home, Britain’, it is an anglicization of Hindi bilāyatī, which meant ‘foreign’, and particularly ‘European’. This was actually a borrowing from Arabic wilāyat ‘district, country’, which was independently acquired by English in the 19th century in its Turkish form vilayet. It was a derivative of the Arabic verb waliya ‘rule’, and is related to walī ‘ruler’.
双语例句
1. See you back in Blighty!
回英国老家再见！
来自柯林斯例句
2. Darling, any news about our blighty? Is my mother feeling better?
亲爱的, 老家有消息 吗 ?我妈病好些了 吗 ?
来自互联网
3. The soldier are sailing for old Blighty tomorrow.
