See ابدال on Wiktionary
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"saints (often said to be forty) for whose sake God maintains the world"
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"(collective, Sufism) saints (often said to be forty) for whose sake God maintains the world"
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69
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125
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"english": "The houri-bodied one saw me distraught in her alley and said:\n\"This confused person is becoming quite a madman and a vagabond.\"",
"ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 139:",
"roman": "ba-kō-yi xwad ma-rā āšufta dīd ān hūrpaykar guft\nki īn sargašta bas dēwāna u abdāl mē-gardad",
"text": "بکوی خود مرا آشفته دید آن حورپیکر گفت\nکه این سرگشته بس دیوانه و ابدال میگردد",
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"ipa": "/ʔab.ˈdaːl/",
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},
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"ipa": "[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]",
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},
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"ipa": "[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]",
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"Dari",
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"Kabuli"
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},
{
"ipa": "[ʔäb.d̪ɔ́ːl̥]",
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},
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"ipa": "[ʔæb.d̪ɒ́ːl̥]",
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"ipa": "[ʔäb.d̪ɔ́l]",
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],
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"collective"
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"Islam",
"Sufism",
"human-sciences",
"lifestyle",
"mysticism",
"philosophy",
"religion",
"sciences"
]
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],
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"hermits, ascetics, Sufis"
],
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"(collective) hermits, ascetics, Sufis"
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117,
125
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"english": "The houri-bodied one saw me distraught in her alley and said:\n\"This confused person is becoming quite a madman and a vagabond.\"",
"ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 139:",
"roman": "ba-kō-yi xwad ma-rā āšufta dīd ān hūrpaykar guft\nki īn sargašta bas dēwāna u abdāl mē-gardad",
"text": "بکوی خود مرا آشفته دید آن حورپیکر گفت\nکه این سرگشته بس دیوانه و ابدال میگردد",
"translation": "The houri-bodied one saw me distraught in her alley and said:\n\"This confused person is becoming quite a madman and a vagabond.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"ipa": "/ʔab.ˈdaːl/",
"tags": [
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"ipa": "[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]",
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"Dari",
"formal"
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{
"ipa": "[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]",
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"Dari",
"formal"
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},
{
"ipa": "[ʔäb.d̪ɔ́ːl̥]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʔæb.d̪ɒ́ːl̥]",
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"Iran",
"formal"
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"ipa": "[ʔäb.d̪ɔ́l]",
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"Tajik",
"formal"
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aːl"
}
],
"word": "ابدال"
}
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