абдал

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal), from Arabic اَبْدَال (abdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”). Doublet of будала́ (budalá).

• IPA^(key): [ɐbˈdaɫ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

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• Rhymes: -aɫ
• Syllabification^(key): аб‧дал

абда́л • (abdál) m (relational adjective абда́лски, diminutive абда́лче)

1. (low colloquial) fool, idiot, simpleton

   Synonyms: ахма́к (ahmák), глупа́к (glupák), глупе́ц (glupéc), идио́т (idiót), малоу́мник (maloúmnik), тъпа́к (tǎpák)

• “абдал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “абдал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “абдал”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
• “абдал”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “абдал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 1
• “абдал”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN, page 15

Borrowed from Persian ابدال (abdal, “foolish, simpleton”), from Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl, “substitutes (a Sufi rank)”). Originally referred to wandering dervishes perceived as eccentrics. Compare cognate meanings in Turkish abdal (“foolish”), Azerbaijani abdal (“naive”).

абдал • (abdal)

1. foolish, slow-witted
2. stupid, dim-witted

• абдаллыкъ (abdallıq) (abstract noun)

• Бамматов Б.Г. (2011) "Кумыкско-русский словарь" Махачкала

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”).

• IPA^(key): [abˈdaɫ]
• Rhymes: -aɫ

• Audio:

  (file)

абдал • (abdal) m (plural абдали, diminutive абдалче, augmentative абдалиште)

1. (colloquial) fool, idiot, simpleton

   Synonyms: будала (budala), глупак (glupak), идио́т (idiót), шутрак (šutrak)

• “абдал” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• Belčev, Tole (2016), “абдал”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎^[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 14

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal, “pauper, Dervish”), whence Turkish aptal (“idiot”); see for more.

• IPA^(key): [ɐbˈdaɫ]

абда́л • (abdál) m inan (genitive абда́ла, uncountable)

1. Abdal (a sect of Persian monks)

абда́л • (abdál) m anim (genitive абда́ла, nominative plural абда́лы, genitive plural абда́лов)

1. (dialectal) a fraud, crook

   Synonyms: обма́нщик (obmánščik), оба́им (obáim)

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”).

а̀бда̄л m anim (Latin spelling àbdāl) (regional)

1. fool, idiot
2. naïf
3. simpleton

• будала
• глупак
• наивчина