budala

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala), from Arabic plural abdāl of singular بَدَل (badal) or بَدِيل (badīl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /budǎla/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧da‧la

Noun

budàla f (Cyrillic spelling буда̀ла)

  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


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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic plural abdāl of singular بَدَل (badal) or بَدِيل (badīl)

Noun

budala

  1. fool
  2. idiot
  3. simpleton

Synonyms

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