абдал
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال (abdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”). Doublet of будала́ (budalá).
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Noun edit
абда́л • (abdál) m
- (low colloquial) fool, idiot, simpleton
- Synonyms: глупа́к (glupák), глупе́ц (glupéc), тъпа́к (tǎpák), идио́т (idiót), малоу́мник (maloúmnik)
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References edit
- “абдал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “абдал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “абдал”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 15
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال (abdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
абдал • (abdal) m (plural абдали, diminutive абдалче, augmentative абдалиште)
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Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal, “pauper, Dervish”), whence Turkish aptal (“idiot”); see for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
абда́л • (abdál) m inan (genitive абда́ла, uncountable)
Declension edit
Noun edit
абда́л • (abdál) m anim (genitive абда́ла, nominative plural абда́лы, genitive plural абда́лов)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal, abdal), from Arabic اَبْدَال (abdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”).
Noun edit
абдал m (Latin spelling abdal)