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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