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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala, “imbecile, fool”), from Arabic اَبْدَال pl (abdāl) of singular بديل (badīl).
Pronunciation
Noun
budalla m (plural budallenj, definite budallai, definite plural budallenjtë) (colloquial, derogatory)
- fool, crazy person
- Synonyms: i metë, i trashë, i krisur
- someone who acts as a fool
Adjective
budalla (feminine budallae) (colloquial, derogatory)
- fool, crazy person
- Synonyms: i metë, i trashë, i krisur
- foolish
References
- “budalla”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “budalla”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 89