budala

(Englisch)

  1. fool
  2. idiot
  3. simpleton

Frequenz

C1
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala), from Arabic اَبْدَال pl (abdāl) of singular بديل, بَدَل (badal, “a substitute; a good, religious man; saint”), بَدَل (badal, “a substitute; a good, religious man; saint”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”).

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