Abdal

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

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dervishfakirsheikh

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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