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abdal

The English word “abdal” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

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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