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абдал

абдал

Bulgarian

Noun

абда́л (abdál) m

  1. fool, idiot, simpleton

Inflection

Synonyms


Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال (abdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, a substitute), from بَدَلَ (badala, to replace).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabdaɫ/

Noun

абдал (abdal) m

  1. fool, idiot

Synonyms


Russian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal, pauper, Dervish), whence Turkish aptal (idiot); see for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbˈdal]

Noun

абда́л (abdál) m inan (genitive абда́ла, uncountable)

  1. Abdal (a sect of Persian monks)

Declension

Noun

абда́л (abdál) m anim (genitive абда́ла, nominative plural абда́лы, genitive plural абда́лов)

  1. (dialectal) a fraud, crook

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال (abdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, a substitute), from بَدَلَ (badala, to replace).

Noun

абдал m (Latin spelling abdal)

  1. fool, idiot
  2. naïf
  3. simpleton

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