Where does “budalina” come from?
budalina (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian budàla, from Ottoman Turkish بدلا, from Arabic اَبْدَال, from Arabic أَبْدَال, from Arabic بَدَل, from Arabic بَدَلَ — to replace; to change.
budalina (Serbo-Croatian): dumbbell, oaf
Ancestry of “budalina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | budàla | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بدلا | — |
| 3 | Arabic | اَبْدَال | — |
| 4 | Arabic | أَبْدَال | — |
| 5 | Arabic | بَدَل | substitution, equivalent; a substitute; a good,... |
| 6 | Arabic | بَدَلَ | to replace; to change |