budalla

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • budall — Gheg
  • budallar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala, “imbecile, fool”), from Arabic اَبْدَال pl (abdāl) of singular بديل (badīl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /budaˈɫa/

Noun

budalla m (plural budallenj, definite budallai, definite plural budallenjtë) (colloquial, derogatory)

  1. fool, crazy person
    Synonyms: i metë, i trashë, i krisur
  2. someone who acts as a fool

Adjective

budalla (feminine budallae) (colloquial, derogatory)

  1. fool, crazy person
    Synonyms: i metë, i trashë, i krisur
  2. 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
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