بدلا
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Adverbial accusative of بَدَل (badal, “substitute, equivalent”).
Adverb edit
بَدَلًا • (badalan)
- instead
- بَدَلًا عَن ― badalan ʕan ― instead of
- بَدَلًا مِن ― badalan min ― instead of
References edit
- Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “بدلا”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “بدلا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate