Definitions
- 1.regionalfool, idiot
- 2.regionalnaïf
- 3.regionalsimpleton
Synonyms & related words
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”).
Forms
- а̀бда̄лanimate • canonical • masculine
- àbdālromanization