بدل

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See also: تدل, بذل, and ب د ل

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ب د ل (b d l)
14 terms

Compare Hebrew בדל (badal, divide).

Verb

بَدَلَ (badala) I (non-past يَبْدُلُ (yabdulu), verbal noun بَدْل (badl))

  1. to change, exchange, interchange
  2. to mistake (one thing for another)
Conjugation
References

Etymology 1.2

Verb

بَدَّلَ (baddala) II (non-past يُبَدِّلُ (yubaddilu), verbal noun تَبْدِيل (tabdīl))

  1. to take or give in exchange
  2. to change
  3. to invert
  4. to do one thing instead of another
Conjugation
References

Etymology 1.3

Noun

بَدْل (badlm

  1. verbal noun of بَدَلَ (badala) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 1.4

Noun

بَدَل or بِدْل (badal or bidlm (plural أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl))

  1. verbal noun of بَدِلَ (badila) (form I)
  2. compensation
  3. substitution
  4. equivalent
  5. exchange
  6. apposition
  7. requital
Declension
Descendants
References

Etymology 1.5

Adjective

بَدَل (badal) (masculine plural أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl))

  1. generous, magnanimous
Declension
References

Etymology 1.6

Preposition

بَدَلَ (badala)

  1. in exchange for, in compensation for, in lieu of, instead of
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form بَدَلَ (badala)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person بَدَلِي (badalī) بَدَلَنَا (badalanā)
Second person بَدَلَكَ (badalaka) بَدَلَكِ (badalaki) بَدَلَكُمَا (badalakumā) بَدَلَكُمْ (badalakum) بَدَلَكُنَّ (badalakunna)
Third person بَدَلَهُ (badalahu) بَدَلَهَا (badalahā) بَدَلَهُمَا (badalahumā) بَدَلَهُمْ (badalahum) بَدَلَهُنَّ (badalahunna)

Etymology 2.1

Verb

بَدِلَ (badila) I (non-past يَبْدَلُ (yabdalu), verbal noun بَدَل (badal))

  1. to have pain in the hands and joints
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2.2

Noun

بَدَل (badalm

  1. gout in the hand
Declension
References

Etymology 2.3

Adjective

بَدِل (badil)

  1. gouty
Declension
References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَل (badal).

Noun

بدل (bedel)

  1. price
    بدلی نعدرbedeli nedirhow much? (literally, “what is the price?”)

Descendants

Further reading

Punjabi

Western Panjabi Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀮 (vaddala), from Sanskrit वार्दल (vārdala). Cognate with Hindustani बादल / بادَل (bādal).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَدَّࣇ (baddaḷm (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੱਦਲ਼)

  1. cloud

Declension

Declension of بدل
dir. sg. بَدَّل (baddal)
dir. pl. بَدَّل (baddal)
singular plural
direct بَدَّل (baddal) بَدَّل (baddal)
oblique بَدَّل (baddal) بَدَّلاں (baddalāṉ)
vocative بَدَّلا (baddalā) بَدَّلو (baddalo)
ablative بَدَّلوں (baddaloṉ)
locative بَدَّلِیں (baddalīṉ)
instrumental

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بدّل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਬੱਦਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vārdala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 674

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वार्दल (vārdala). Compare Urdu بادَل (bādal).

Pronunciation 1

Noun

بَدُّل (baddulm (Devanagari बद्दुल)

  1. cloud

Pronunciation 2

Noun

بَدَّل (baddalm (Devanagari बद्दल)

  1. clouds

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب د ل
4 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَدَّلَ (baddala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bad.dal/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

بدّل (baddal) II (present ببدّل (bibaddel))

  1. to exchange
    بدّي ابدّل هالقميص بنمرة ازغر.
    biddi abaddel hal-ʔamīṣ bi-numra azḡar.
    I want to exchange this shirt for a smaller size.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of بدّل (baddal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بدّلت (baddalt) بدّلت (baddalt) بدّل (baddal) بدّلنا (baddalna) بدّلتو (baddaltu) بدّلو (baddalu)
f بدّلتي (baddalti) بدّلت (baddalat)
present m ببدّل (babaddel) بتبدّل (bitbaddel) ببدّل (bibaddel) منبدّل (minbaddel) بتبدّلو (bitbaddlu) ببدّلو (bibaddlu)
f بتبدّلي (bitbaddli) بتبدّل (bitbaddel)
subjunctive m ابدّل (abaddel) تبدّل (tbaddel) يبدّل (ybaddel) نبدّل (nbaddel) تبدّلو (tbaddlu) يبدّلو (ybaddlu)
f تبدّلي (tbaddli) تبدّل (tbaddel)
imperative m بدّل (baddel) بدّلو (baddlu)
f بدّلي (baddli)

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَدَلَ (badala).

Pronunciation

Preposition

بدل (badal)

  1. instead of
    بعتقد إنّه أحسنلك تختار هالسيّارة بدل التاني.
    baʕtaʔed ʔinno ʔaḥsan-lak tiḵtār hās-sayyāra badal it-tāni
    I think it would be better for you to choose this car over the other one.