"abdal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: abdals [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute; a good, religious man; saint”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|أَبْدَال}} Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl), {{root|en|ar|ب د ل}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} abdal (plural abdals)
  1. A religious devotee or dervish in Persia. Categories (topical): People Translations (religious devotee in Persia): अबदाळ (abdāḷ) (Marwari), abdalá [masculine] (Portuguese), abdal [masculine] (Portuguese)

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