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Added 8 October 2026

abdal

noun

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A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

Origin

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

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