abdal
Meanings
noun
- A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.
Word forms
Etymology
From Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute; a good, religious man; saint”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”).
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