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/

Noun

абда́л • (abdál) m

1. fool, idiot, simpleton

Synonyms

• глупак (glupak)
• глупец (glupec)
• тъпак (tǎpak)
• идиот (idiot)
• малоумник (maloumnik)

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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]

Noun

абдал • (abdal) m

1. fool, idiot

Synonyms

• будала (budala)
• глупак (glupak)

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Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐbˈdaɫ]

Noun

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

1. Abdal (a sect of Persian monks)

Declension

Declension of абда́л (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	абда́л abdál
genitive	абда́ла abdála
dative	абда́лу abdálu
accusative	абда́л abdál
instrumental	абда́лом abdálom
prepositional	абда́ле abdále

Noun

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

1. (dialectal) a fraud, crook

Declension

Declension of абда́л (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	абда́л abdál	абда́лы abdály
genitive	абда́ла abdála	абда́лов abdálov
dative	абда́лу abdálu	абда́лам abdálam
accusative	абда́ла abdála	абда́лов abdálov
instrumental	абда́лом abdálom	абда́лами abdálami
prepositional	абда́ле abdále	абда́лах abdálax

Synonyms

• (fraud, crook): обма́нщик (obmánščik), оба́им (obáim)

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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”).

Noun

абдал m (Latin spelling abdal)

1. fool, idiot
2. naïf
3. simpleton

Synonyms

• будала
• глупак
• наивчина