будала
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala), from Arabic بُدَلَاء (budalāʔ), plural of بَدَل (badal) and بَدِيل (badīl). Doublet of абда́л (abdál).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
будала́ • (budalá) m or f (colloquial, derogatory)
- dupe, fall guy, juggins
- fool, simpleton, ass, booby, dolt, chump, ninny, puppethead, fathead, nincompoop, gander
- правя се на будала ― pravja se na budala ― play the fool
- easy game, easy mark, easy meat
Declension edit
Declension of будала́
References edit
- “будала”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “будала”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “будала”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 77
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “будала̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 86
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala), from Arabic بُدَلَاء (budalāʔ), plural of بَدَل (badal) and بَدِيل (badīl).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
будала • (budala) f (plural будали, relational adjective будалски, diminutive будалче, augmentative будалиште or будаличиште or будалетина)
Usage notes edit
- Although the word itself is feminine, it can also be applied to a masculine person without any change.
Declension edit
Declension of будала
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- (verbs): будалее impf (budalee), побудали pf (pobudali), избудали pf (izbudali), се будали impf (se budali)
- (nouns): будалаштина f (budalaština), будалаштилак m (budalaštilak)
- (adjectives): будалест (budalest), будалски (budalski)
- (adverb): будалесто (budalesto)
References edit
- “будала” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
- Koneski, Kiril (1999) “будала”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 34
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala), from Arabic بُدَلَاء (budalāʔ), plural of بَدَل (badal) and بَدِيل (badīl).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
буда̀ла f (Latin spelling budàla)
Usage notes edit
Although the word itself is feminine, it can also be applied to a masculine person without any change.
Declension edit
Declension of будала
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:budala.