будала

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /budəˈla/

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

Inflection of будала
singular plural
indefinite будала будали
definite будалата будалите
vocative form будало будали

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Borrowed 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 quotations of use of this term, see Citations:budala.
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