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abdal

[abˈdaɫ]

noun

LanguageTurkish (Turkey)

Meaning
  1. A religious devotee in radical Sufism who has attained a high level of spirituality, comparable to a sannyasi in Hinduism
  2. Sufi ascetic
  3. A wandering religious devotee in Sufi traditions who lives a simple life focused on spirituality.
Examples

Eski zamanlarda abdal dervişler şehir şehir gezerdi.

In old times, Sufi ascetic dervishes would wander from city to city.

Pronunciationabˈdaɫ

Part of speechnoun

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.