будала

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /budəˈla/

Noun

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

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Macedonian

Etymology

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

Noun

будала • (budala) f (plural будали)

1. fool
2. idiot
3. simpleton

Usage notes

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

буда̀ла f (Latin spelling budàla)

1. fool
2. idiot
3. simpleton

Declension

Declension of будала

	singular	plural
nominative	буда̀ла	будале
genitive	будале	буда́ла̄
dative	будали	будалама
accusative	будалу	будале
vocative	будало	будале
locative	будали	будалама
instrumental	будалом	будалама

Usage notes

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

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:budala.