Where does “abdal” come from?
abdal (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish abdal, from Arabic أَبْدَال, from Arabic بَدَل, from Arabic بَدَلَ — to replace; to change.
abdal (Serbo-Croatian): fool, idiot; naïf; simpleton
Definitions
- fool, idiot; naïf; simpleton
Ancestry of “abdal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | abdal | — |
| 2 | Arabic | أَبْدَال | — |
| 3 | Arabic | بَدَل | substitution, equivalent; a substitute; a good,... |
| 4 | Arabic | بَدَلَ | to replace; to change |