bulbul
English edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
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Noun edit
bulbul (plural bulbuls)
- Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia.
- Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.
- 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v:
- The infant buds, impatient to look around them, rend their green garments and unfold their eyes; while every tree, on which the bulbul ſings, flutters with joy on the wings of their thouſand leaves.
- 1904, Saki, “Reginald's Rubaiyat”, in Reginald:
- ‘Of course, if you want something really Persian and passionate, with red wine and bulbuls in it,’ I went on to suggest; but she grabbed the book from me.
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Translations edit
bird of the family Pycnonotidae
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay bulbul, from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).[1]
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Noun edit
bulbul (plural bulbul-bulbul, first-person possessive bulbulku, second-person possessive bulbulmu, third-person possessive bulbulnya)
References edit
- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
Further reading edit
- “bulbul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Isnag edit
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bulbul
- pubic hair
Matigsalug Manobo edit
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bulbul
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bulbul m (plural bulbules)
Further reading edit
- “bulbul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tausug edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (“hair”).
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bulbul
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bulbul