Arabic

Adverb

بَدَلًا • ‎(badalan)

1. instead

   بَدَلًا عَن‎ ― badalan ʿan ― instead of

   بَدَلًا مِن‎ ― badalan min ― instead of

References

• “بدلا” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, ISBN 0-85331-585-X
• “بدلا” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate