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) 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 === === 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, Leonard (1999), “budalla”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]