abdal

English

Etymology

From Arabic أَبْدَال‎ (ʾabdāl), plural of بَدَل‎ (badal, “a substitute; a good, religious man; saint”), from بَدَلَ‎ (badala, “to replace”)

Noun

abdal (plural abdals)

  1. A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

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Portuguese

Noun

abdal m (plural abdais)

  1. Alternative form of abdalá

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال‎ (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish abdal), from Arabic أَبْدَال‎ (ʾabdāl), plural of بَدَل‎ (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ‎ (badala, “to replace”).

Noun

abdal m (Cyrillic spelling абдал)

  1. fool, idiot
  2. naïf
  3. simpleton

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Further reading

  • “abdal” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Turkish

Noun

abdal (definite accusative abdalı, plural abdallar)

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Declension

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References

  • abdal in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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