بدلا

Arabic

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of بَدَل‎ (badal, “substitute, equivalent”).

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
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “بدلا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
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