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Inherited from Ottoman Turkishابدال(abdal, “a kind of heedless, disinterested, good-natured man, who takes no care for the morrow”),[1] from Arabicأَبْدَال(ʔabdāl, “compensations, beggar, careless man”), from بَدَل(badal).[2] Compare aptal(“dumb, stupid”), also from the same root.