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abdals

abdals is the plural of abdal.

Meaning of abdal

Noun

abdal (plural abdals)

  1. A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

Noun capitalized: Abdals

Abdals pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) a group of saints responsible for the continuing existence of the world
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Abdals.

Origin of abdals

From Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl, “replacements”).

Questions about abdals

What does abdals mean?
Abdals means a group of saints responsible for the continuing existence of the world.
What is abdals the plural of?
Abdals is the plural of abdal.
What part of speech is abdals?
Abdals is a noun.

Words near abdals in the dictionary

  1. abdal
  2. Abdalla
  3. Abdallah
  4. Abdallas
  5. Abdallat-Davis-Farrage syndrome
  6. abdals
  7. abdar
  8. abdelavi
  9. abdelavis
  10. Abdelaziz
  11. Abdelazizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abdals (page history and authors); Abdals (page history and authors); abdal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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