Bulgarian

Noun

будала • ‎(budalá) m and f

1. (colloquial) dupe, fall guy, juggins
2. (colloquial) fool, simpleton, ass, booby, dolt, chump, ninny, puppethead, fathead, nincompoop, gander

   правя се на будала‎ ― pravja se na budala ― play the fool

3. (colloquial) easy game, easy mark, easy meat

Inflection

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish بدلا ‎(budala), from Arabic بُدَلَاء ‎(budalāʾ), plural of بَدَل ‎(badal) and بَدِيل ‎(badīl).

Noun

будала • ‎(budala) f ‎(plural будали)

1. fool
2. idiot
3. simpleton

Usage notes

• Although the word itself is feminine, it can also be applied to a masculine person without any change.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish بدلا ‎(budala), from Arabic بُدَلَاء ‎(budalāʾ), plural of بَدَل ‎(badal) and بَدِيل ‎(badīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /budǎla/
• Hyphenation: бу‧да‧ла

Noun

буда̀ла f ‎(Latin spelling budàla)

1. fool
2. idiot
3. simpleton

Declension

Usage notes

Although the word itself is feminine, it can also be applied to a masculine person without any change.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:budala.