Bulgarian

Noun

абда́л • ‎(abdál) m

1. fool, idiot, simpleton

Inflection

Synonyms

• глупак ‎(glupak)
• глупец ‎(glupec)
• тъпак ‎(tǎpak)
• идиот ‎(idiot)
• малоумник ‎(maloumnik)

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

• будала ‎(budala)
• глупак ‎(glupak)

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

Synonyms

• (fraud, crook): обма́нщик ‎(obmánščik), оба́им ‎(obáim)

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

Synonyms

• будала
• глупак
• наивчина