# بدل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

Compare Hebrew בדל (badal, “divide”).

#### Verb

بَدَلَ • (badala) I (non-past يَبْدُلُ (yabdulu), verbal noun بَدْل (badl))
* to change, exchange, interchange
* to mistake (one thing for another)

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بدل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 1.2
#### Verb

بَدَّلَ • (baddala) II (non-past يُبَدِّلُ (yubaddilu), verbal noun تَبْدِيل (tabdīl))
* to take or give in exchange
* to change
* to invert
* to do one thing instead of another

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بدل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 1.3
#### Noun

بَدْل • (badl) m
* verbal noun of بَدَلَ (badala) (form I)

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.4
#### Noun

بَدَل or بِدْل • (badal or bidl) m (plural أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl))
* verbal noun of بَدِلَ (badila) (form I)
* compensation
* substitution
* equivalent
* exchange
* apposition
* requital

##### Descendants

* → Bengali: বদলে (bodole)
* → Malayalam: ബദൽ (badal)
* → Punjabi:
** Gurmukhi script: ਬਦਲ (badal)
** Shahmukhi script: بدل (badal)
* → Tamil: பதில் (patil)
* → Swahili: badili
* → Telugu: బదులు (badulu)

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بدل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 1.5
#### Adjective

بَدَل • (badal) (masculine plural أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl))
* generous, magnanimous

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بدل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 1.6
#### Preposition

بَدَلَ • (badala)
* in exchange for, in compensation for, in lieu of, instead of

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2.1
#### Verb

بَدِلَ • (badila) I (non-past يَبْدَلُ (yabdalu), verbal noun بَدَل (badal))
* to have pain in the hands and joints

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بدل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 2.2
#### Noun

بَدَل • (badal) m
* gout in the hand

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بدل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 2.3
#### Adjective

بَدِل • (badil)
* gouty

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بدل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

## Old Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀮 (vaddala), from Sanskrit वार्दल (vārdala).

### Noun

بدل (bdl /badal/) m
* cloud
** c. 1434, Fakhruddin Nizami, Kadam Rao Padam Rao‎, page 73:عَلَم گاڑھ گَھَن سُور چل سَر اُچآؤ طبل ڈھول برغُوں بَدَل توں بجآؤ'lm gaṛh ghn svr cl sr acāv t̤bl ḍhvl brġvṉ bdl tvṉ bjāv(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* Hindustani: bādal
    Hindi: बादल
    Urdu: بادَل

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vārdala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 674
* ↑ “بدل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic بَدَل (badal).

### Noun

بدل • (bedel)
* price
    بدلی نعدر ― bedeli nedir ― how much? (literally, “what is the price?”)

#### Related terms

* بدلاً (bedelen)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: bedel

### Further reading

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بدل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 256b

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَدَل (badal).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ba.ˈðal]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bä.d̪ǽl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bä.d̪ǽl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bä.d̪ǽl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bä.d̪ǽl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bæ.d̪ǽl̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bä.d̪ǽl]

### Noun

بدل • (badal) (plural بدل‌ها (badal-hâ))
* fake, replica
* substitute, equivalent
* substitution

#### Derived terms

* بدلکار (badalkâr)
* بدلی (badali)
* بی‌بدل (bi-badal)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بدل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀮 (vaddala), from Sanskrit वार्दल (vārdala). Cognate with Hindustani बादल / بادَل (bādal).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /bəd̪.d̪əɭᵊ/, /bəd̪.d̪əlᵊ/

### Noun

بَدَّࣇ • (baddaḷ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੱਦਲ਼)
* cloud

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بدّل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* “ਬੱਦਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vārdala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 674

## Saraiki
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वार्दल (vārdala). Compare Urdu بادَل (bādal).

### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: /bəd̪.d̪ʊl/

#### Noun

بَدُّل (baddul) m (Devanagari बद्दुल, Multani 𑊝𑊘𑊘𑊂𑊣)
* cloud

### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /bəd̪.d̪əl/

#### Noun

بَدَّل (baddal) m (Devanagari बद्दल, Multani 𑊝𑊘𑊘𑊣)
* clouds

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic بَدَّلَ (baddala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bad.dal/, [ˈbad.dal]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

بدّل • (baddal) II (present ببدّل (bibaddel))
* to exchange
    بدّي ابدّل هالقميص بنمرة ازغر.biddi abaddel hal-ʔamīṣ bi-numra azḡar.I want to exchange this shirt for a smaller size.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic بَدَلَ (badala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.dal/, [ˈba.dal]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Preposition

بدل • (badal)
* instead of
    بعتقد إنّه أحسنلك تختار هالسيّارة بدل التاني.baʕtaʔed ʔinno ʔaḥsan-lak tiḵtār hās-sayyāra badal it-tāniI think it would be better for you to choose this car over the other one.