بدلا

Arabic

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of بَدَل (badal, “substitute, equivalent”).

Adverb

بَدَلًا • (badalan)

  1. instead
    بَدَلًا عَن ― badalan ʕan ― instead of
    بَدَلًا مِن ― badalan min ― instead of

References
  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “بدلا”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “بدلا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
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