абдал
Bulgarian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /əbˈdaɫ/
Inflection
Macedonian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [ˈabdaɫ]
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal, “pauper, Dervish”), whence Turkish aptal (“idiot”); see for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐbˈdal]
Declension
Noun
абда́л • (abdál) m anim (genitive абда́ла, nominative plural абда́лы, genitive plural абда́лов)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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”).