دورة الغسيل بلشت.

Yes, دورة has several meanings. In everyday Arabic, it can mean things like course, round, turn, or cycle.

In دورة الغسيل, it means cycle, specifically the wash cycle of a machine.

So this is a context-based meaning:

• دورة تدريبية = training course
• دورة المياه = restroom/bathroom
• دورة الغسيل = wash cycle

الغسيل comes from the idea of washing or laundry.

In this phrase, دورة الغسيل means the washing/laundry cycle. Depending on context, الغسيل by itself can mean:

• the laundry
• the washing
• things related to washing clothes

So here it helps define what kind of cycle we mean.

Because دورة الغسيل is an iḍāfa construction, which is very common in Arabic.

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun usually does not take ال
• the second noun determines whether the whole phrase is definite

So:

• دورة غسيل = a wash cycle
• دورة الغسيل = the wash cycle

Even though دورة does not have ال, the whole phrase is definite because الغسيل is definite.

Because دورة is a feminine noun in Arabic.

In Levantine Arabic, the past tense agrees with the subject, so:

• بلش = he/it started
• بلشت = she/it started

Since دورة is feminine, you say بلشت.

Even though cycle is not a person, Arabic still treats nouns as grammatically masculine or feminine.

Grammatically, yes: it is the 3rd person feminine singular past form.

But in actual meaning here, it means it started, because the subject is دورة, which is a feminine noun.

So this is a good example of the difference between:

• grammatical gender and
• real-world gender

Yes, بلشت is very natural in Levantine Arabic and is common in everyday speech.

You could also say بدأت, but that sounds more like Modern Standard Arabic or a more formal style.

So:

• دورة الغسيل بلشت = natural everyday Levantine
• بدأت دورة الغسيل or دورة الغسيل بدأت = more formal / more standard

If your goal is spoken Levantine, بلشت is the better choice.

Because in Levantine Arabic, subject + verb order is very common in normal conversation.

So دورة الغسيل بلشت is a very natural way to say:

• The wash cycle started

You can also hear:

• بلشت دورة الغسيل

But the version with the subject first often sounds more conversational and straightforward.

Compared with Standard Arabic, Levantine generally allows and prefers subject-first order more often.

In Levantine, دورة by itself is often pronounced something like dawre.

But when it is connected to another noun in an iḍāfa, the final ـة is pronounced as -t.

So:

• دورة on its own → dawre
• دورة الغسيل → dawret il-ghaseel

That final -t is very normal in this structure.

A common pronunciation is:

dawret il-ghaseel ballashet

You may also hear small regional differences, such as el- instead of il-.

A few useful notes:

• دورة → dawret in this phrase
• غ in الغسيل is a throaty gh sound
• بلشت is commonly pronounced ballashet in a careful transliteration

Yes. All of these can work depending on context:

• The wash cycle started
• The washing cycle started
• The laundry cycle started

In most everyday English, wash cycle is probably the most natural translation.

The Arabic does not force only one exact English phrasing; the best choice depends on what kind of machine or situation you are talking about.