budalla

Albanian

Alternative forms

• budall — Gheg
• budallar

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “budalla”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “budalla”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]