будала

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala), from Arabic بُدَلَاء (budalāʔ), plural of بَدَل (badal) and بَدِيل (badīl). Doublet of абда́л (abdál).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bodɐˈɫa]
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Noun

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будала́ (budalám or f (colloquial, derogatory)

  1. dupe, fall guy, juggins
  2. fool, simpleton, ass, booby, dolt, chump, ninny, puppethead, fathead, nincompoop, gander
    правя се на будалаpravja se na budalaplay the fool
  3. easy game, easy mark, easy meat

Declension

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References

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  • будала”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • будала”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • будала”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 77
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “будала̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 86

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala), from Arabic بُدَلَاء (budalāʔ), plural of بَدَل (badal) and بَدِيل (badīl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbudaɫa]
  • IPA(key): [buˈdaɫa] (nonstandard)
  • Hyphenation: бу‧да‧ла

Noun

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будала (budalaf (plural будали, relational adjective будалски, diminutive будалче, augmentative будалиште or будаличиште or будалетина)

  1. fool
  2. idiot
  3. simpleton, fathead

Usage notes

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  • Although the word itself is feminine, it can also be applied to a masculine person without any change.

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • будала” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • Koneski, Kiril (1999) “будала”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 34

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدلا (budala), from Arabic بُدَلَاء (budalāʔ), plural of بَدَل (badal) and بَدِيل (badīl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /budǎla/
  • Hyphenation: бу‧да‧ла

Noun

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буда̀ла f (Latin spelling budàla)

  1. fool
  2. idiot
  3. simpleton

Usage notes

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Although the word itself is feminine, it can also be applied to a masculine person without any change.

Declension

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Quotations

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