بدلا

Arabic

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of بَدَل (badal, “substitute, equivalent”).

Adverb

بَدَلًا • (badalan)

1. instead

   بَدَلًا عَن ― badalan ʕan ― instead of

   بَدَلًا مِن ― badalan min ― instead of

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “بدلا”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بدلا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate