budalla

Albanian

Alternative forms

• budall — Gheg
• budallar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala, “imbecile, fool”), from Arabic اَبْدَال pl (abdāl) of singular بديل (badīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /budaˈɫa/

Noun

budalla m (plural budallenj, definite budallai, definite plural budallenjtë) (colloquial, derogatory)

1. fool, crazy person

   Synonyms: i metë, i trashë, i krisur

2. someone who acts as a fool

Adjective

budalla (feminine budallae) (colloquial, derogatory)

1. fool, crazy person

   Synonyms: i metë, i trashë, i krisur

2. foolish

References

• “budalla”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “budalla”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 89