بدلا
Arabic
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of بَدَل (badal, “substitute, equivalent”).
Adverb
بَدَلًا • (badalan)
- instead
- بَدَلًا عَن ― badalan ʿan ― 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