Definitions
- 1.regionalfool, idiot
- 2.regionalnaïf, simpleton
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابدال (abdal, aptal) (whence Turkish aptal), from Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”).
Forms
- àbdālanimate • canonical • masculine
- а̀бда̄лcyrillic