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). [1]

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

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “budalla”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 89

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]
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