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abdal

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From Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute; a good, religious man; saint”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”).

noun abdals

A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

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noun religious devotee in Persia

Português	abdalá, abdal

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@misc{abdal_2026,
  title = {abdal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abdal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}