буля

See also: була

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbulʲɐ]

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Noun

бу́ля • (búlja) f (dialectal)

1. sister-in-law (elder-brother’s wife)
2. aunt (address to an elderly woman)

Declension

Declension of бу́ля

	singular	plural
indefinite	бу́ля búlja	бу́ли búli
definite	бу́лята búljata	бу́лите búlite
vocative form	бу́льо, бу́ле búljo, búle	бу́ли búli

Further reading

• “буля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014