bulan

See also: Bulan

Languages (44)

Alangan • Azerbaijani • Bakung • Balinese • Baram Kayan • Bikol Central • Bintulu • Brooke's Point Palawano • Brunei Malay • Cebuano • Dairi Batak • Dupaningan Agta • Galician • Hanunoo • Higaonon • Hiligaynon • Ibaloi • Iban • Ilocano • Indonesian • Javanese • Kapampangan • Karo Batak • Kavalan • Kayapa Kallahan • Kelabit • Limos Kalinga • Malay • Masbatenyo • Matigsalug Manobo • Ngaju • Old Javanese • Ratagnon • Remontado Agta • Romanian • Sasak • Sundanese • Swedish • Tagalog • Tausug • Toba Batak • Turkish • Yakan • Yogad

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Alangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulán

1. moon

Azerbaijani

Participle

bulan

1. subject non-past participle of bulmaq

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Balinese

Romanization

bulan

1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬮᬦ᭄.

Baram Kayan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Bikol Central

bulan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.l̪an̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

búlan (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Derived terms

• bulan-bulan
• bulanan
• bulanon

Related terms

• lakad-bulan

See also

• aldaw
• banaag
• dulom
• saldang
• silaw
• sirang

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulan (compare Malay bulan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulan/
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bolan — archaic spelling
• buwan — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation 1

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.l̪ɐn̪]
• (l-eliding dialects) IPA^(key): /ˈbuwan/ [ˈbu.wɐn̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. the Moon
   1. moon of other planets
2. month

Derived terms

• binulan (“monthly; to do something monthly”)
• binulanan (“household help”)
• buhi ang bulan (“first day of the first quarter”)
• bulan-bulan (“every month”)
• bulanbulan (“tarpon; moon shell with edible flesh”)
• bulanon (“moonlight; having a weak eyesight”)
• dulom nga bulan (“third quarter, waning gibbous”)
• haya ang bulan (“horizontal crescent moon”)
• himatayon nga bulan (“third quarter, waning crescent”)
• katin ang bulan (“waning half-moon”)
• lakad ang bulan (“second quarter, waxing gibbous”)
• lunod ang bulan (“new moon”)
• pabulan (“to hire as a servant”)
• patay ang bulan (“new moon”)
• payong sa bulan (“visible ring around the moon”)
• pilok nga bulan (“third quarter, waning gibbous”)
• subang ang bulan (“first quarter, waxing crescent”)
• udtong bulan (“waxing half-moon”)
• udtong lunod ang bulan (“waning half-moon”)

Pronunciation 2

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /buˈlan/ [bʊˈl̪an̪]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /buˈan/ [ˈbwan̪]

Verb

bulán (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. to hire a servant

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulan.

References

• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 69
• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[2] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Dairi Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Galician

Verb

bulan

1. inflection of bulir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lɐn]
• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜳᜮᜨ᜴)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)

See also

• Bulan
• bulan-bulan
• kanaw

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 89

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

búlan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lan]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• boelan (1901–1947)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bulan, from Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Doublet of rembulan and wulan. The sense “any natural satellite of a planet” is a semantic loan from Dutch maan (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lan]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (plural bulan-bulan)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

   Bulan malam ini sangat bulat. ― The moon is very round tonight.

2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)

   Bulan Titan yang mengorbit planet Saturnus memiliki kandungan hidrokarbon yang signifikan.

   The moon Titan, that orbits Saturn, has significant numbers of hydrocarbon.

3. month (period into which a year is divided)

   Kami harus membayar tagihan air setiap bulan.

   We have to pay the water bill every month.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:bulan.

Derived terms

• berbulan
• berbulan-bulan
• bulan-bulanan
• bulanan
• membulan
• membulan-bulani

• bulan bahasa dan sastra
• bulan baru
• bulan bintang
• bulan biru
• bulan darah
• bulan dimakan Rahu
• bulan gelap
• bulan gerhana
• bulan haji
• bulan kapangan
• bulan kembar
• bulan kesiangan
• bulan madu
• bulan mati
• bulan muda
• bulan panen
• bulan penuh
• bulan puasa
• bulan purnama
• bulan Ruwah
• bulan sabit
• bulan sabit baru
• bulan sabit tua
• bulan suci
• bulan Sura
• bulan surut
• bulan susut
• bulan timbul
• bulan tua

Related terms

• Bulan

Further reading

• “bulan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

bulan

1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦭꦤ꧀

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulən/ [ˈbuː.lən]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

búlan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Derived terms

• bulan-bulan
• bulanan
• pabulan
• telabulan

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Kelabit

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as [script needed] (vulan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bulan]
• Rhymes: -ulan, -lan, -an

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

bulan (Jawi spelling بولن, plural bulan-bulan)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

   Aku pergi ke sana dua kali untuk setiap bulan.

   I go there twice for every month.

Synonyms

• (moon):
  • alkamar / القمر
  • cendera / چندرا
  • kamar / قمر
  • rembulan / رمبولن

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “sun”):
  • matahari / ماتاهاري

Derived terms

• berbulan
• berbulan-bulan
• bulanan
• membulan

• anak bulan
• baju bulan
• bulan baru
• bulan bintang
• bulan biru
• bulan darah
• bulan dimakan Rahu
• bulan gelap
• bulan gerhana
• bulan haji
• bulan kembar
• bulan kesiangan
• bulan madu
• bulan penuh
• bulan puasa
• bulan purnama
• bulan sabit
• bulan sabit baru
• bulan sabit tua
• bulan suci
• bulan timbul
• bulan tua

Descendants

• Indonesian: bulan

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بولن bulan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 132
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bulan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 161-2

Further reading

• “bulan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. month
2. moon

Ngaju

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)

Descendants

• Javanese: bulan

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Remontado Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

búlan

1. moon
2. month

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani bul (“buttocks”).

Noun

bulan n (plural bulane)

1. (slang) good luck
2. (slang) leg

Declension

Declension of bulan

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bulan	bulanul		bulani	bulanii
genitive-dative	bulan	bulanului		bulani	bulanilor
vocative	bulanule			bulanilor

Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	sasih
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	bulan
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮜᮔ᮪) (loma)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Swedish

Noun

bulan

1. definite singular of bula

Tagalog

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Cebuano bulan, from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Proposed by Eusebio Daluz by the 20^th century to use the Visayan word instead of Tagalog buwan (“moon; month”) to distinguish “moon” and “month” to have equivalents for Spanish luna (“moon”) and Spanish mes (“month”). Doublet of buwan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbuː.lɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: bu‧lan
• Homophone: Bulan

Noun

bulan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔) (neologism)

1. moon

   Synonyms: buwan, (rare) luna

Derived terms

• bagong bulan
• bulang gasuklay
• bulang kabilugan
• bulang nagbibilog
• bulang nagdudurog
• patay na bulan
• talabulanan

Related terms

• Bulan

Further reading

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
• Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino, page 12.
• Lope K. Santos (1938) Gabriel A. Bernardo, transl., Sources and means for further enrichment of Tagalog as our national language‎^[3], Manila : University of the Philippines, pages 123–124

Tausug

bulan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bulan/ [bʊˈlan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Sulat Sūg spelling بُلَنْ)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Turkish

Verb

bulan

1. imperfect participle of bulmak

Yakan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulán

1. moon
2. month