abdal

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Noun — A Persian holy man or dervish devoted to religion.

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Etymology

From Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl), the plural of بَدَل (badal, "a substitute; a good, religious man; saint"), from بَدَلَ (badala, "to replace").