budala

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدلا‎ (budala), from Arabic بُدَلَاء‎ (budalāʾ), plural of بَدَل‎ (badal) and بَدِيل‎ (badīl).

• IPA^(key): /budǎla/
• Hyphenation: bu‧da‧la

budàla f (Cyrillic spelling буда̀ла)

1. fool
2. idiot
3. simpleton

Although the word itself is feminine, it can also be applied to a masculine person without any change.

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:budala.

From Ottoman Turkish بدلا‎ (budala), from Arabic اَبْدَال‎ pl (abdāl) of singular بديل‎, بَدَل‎ (badal, “a substitute; a good, religious man; saint”), بَدَل‎ (badal, “a substitute; a good, religious man; saint”), from بَدَلَ‎ (badala, “to replace”).

budala (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. fool
2. idiot
3. simpleton

• aptal
• abdal