بلبل

See also: پلپل‎

Arabic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic reduplicated

Noun

بُلْبُل • (bulbul) m (plural بَلَابِل‎ (balābil))

  1. nightingale; bulbul (Muscicapidae fam. et spp., Pycnonotidae fam. et spp. vel sim.)
  2. a spinning top

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: bilbla, belbul

References

Baluchi

Noun

بلبل • (bulbul)

  1. nightingale
  2. bulbul

Ottoman Turkish

بلبل

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بلبل‎ (bolbol, “nightingale”).

Noun

بلبل • (bülbül)

  1. nightingale, a common songbird in the genus Luscinia
    Synonym: عندلیب‎ (ʿandelib)

Derived terms

  • بوقلوجه بلبل‎ (bokluca bülbül, “wren”)
  • چالی بلبلی‎ (çalı bülbülü, “crested wren”)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bal-bal- (“babbling, unclear speech”), or from Arabic بُلْبُل‎ (bulbul).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /bʊlbʊl/

    Noun

    Dari بلبل
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik булбул (bulbul)

    بلبل • (bolbol)

    1. nightingale
    2. bulbul

    Synonyms

    • هزاردستان‎ (hazâr-dastân)
    • هزارآوا‎ (hezâr-âvâ)
    • شباهنگ‎ (šabâhang)
    • عندلیب‎ ('andalib)
    • زندواف‎ (zandvâf)

    Descendants

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Persian بلبل‎ (bolbol).

    Noun

    بلبل • (bulbul) f (Hindi spelling बुलबुल)

    1. nightingale
    2. bulbul

    Declension

    Declension of بلبل
    singular plural
    direct بلبل‎ (bulbul) بلبلیں‎ (bulbulẽ)
    oblique بلبل‎ (bulbul) بلبلوں‎ (bulbulõ)
    vocative بلبل‎ (bulbul) بلبلو‎ (bulbulo)
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