South Levantine Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic أَبْلَه (ʔablah, “idiot”) or هبل
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʔah.bal/, [ˈʔah.bal]
أهبل • (ʔahbal) m (plural هبل (hubol) or هبالى (habāla), feminine هبلا (habla))
- fool, idiot
- Synonym: غبي (ḡabi)