будала

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

• IPA^(key): /budəˈla/

будала • (budalá) m and f

1. (colloquial) dupe, fall guy, juggins
2. (colloquial) fool, simpleton, ass, booby, dolt, chump, ninny, puppethead, fathead, nincompoop, gander

   правя се на будала ― pravja se na budala ― play the fool

3. (colloquial) easy game, easy mark, easy meat

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

будала • (budala) f (plural будали)

1. fool
2. idiot
3. simpleton

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

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

• IPA^(key): /budǎla/
• Hyphenation: бу‧да‧ла

буда̀ла f (Latin spelling budàla)

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.