bulan

See also: Bulan

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
bulan

Noun

bulan

  1. moon
  2. month

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
  • Hyphenation: bu‧lan
  • IPA(key): /ˈbulan/

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)

Derived terms

See also

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bulan

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

Verb

bulan

  1. to hire as a servant

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • binulan (“monthly; to do something monthly”)
  • binulanan (“household help”)
  • bulan-bulan (“every month”)
  • bulanbulan (“tarpon; moon shell with edible flesh”)
  • bulanon (“moonlight; having a weak eyesight”)
  • dulom nga bulan (“first and second days of the third quarter”)
  • haya ang bulan (“horizontal crescent moon”)
  • himatayon ang bulan (“third quarter”)
  • lunod ang bulan (“new moon”)
  • pabulan (“to hire as a servant”)
  • patay ang bulan (“new moon”)
  • payong sa bulan (“ring around moon”)
  • primero nga bulan (“first and second days of the third quarter”)
  • udto nga bulan (“half moon”)
  • udtong lunod ang bulan (“half moon of the third quarter”)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulan.

References
  • Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎ (in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 69
  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (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

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

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)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay bulan, from Classical 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
  • IPA(key): /ˈbulan/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -lan, -an, -n
  • Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (plural bulan-bulan)

  1. moon:
    1. largest natural satellite of planet Earth.
    2. any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet.
  2. 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

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

Further reading

Javanese

Alternative forms

Noun

bulan

  1. Clipping of rembulan.

Kapampangan

Etymology

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

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

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

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as [script needed] (vulan), from Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Sense of “any natural satellite of a planet” is a semantic loan from Dutch maan (“moon”) or from English moon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bulan]
  • Rhymes: -ulan, -lan, -an
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Noun

bulan (Jawi spelling بولن‎, plural bulan-bulan, informal 1st possessive bulanku, 2nd possessive bulanmu, 3rd possessive bulannya)

  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

Antonyms

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, page 161-2

Further reading

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

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

From Romani bul (“buttocks”).

Noun

bulan n (plural bulane)

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

Declension
Declension of bulan
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bulan bulanul (niște) bulani bulanii
genitive/dative (unui) bulan bulanului (unor) 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

Romanization

bulan

  1. Romanization of ᮘᮥᮜᮔ᮪

Swedish

Noun

bulan

  1. definite singular of bula.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano bulan from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Doublet of buwan.

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

Noun

bulan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. (neologism) moon
    Synonyms: buwan, (rare) luna

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

Further reading
  • del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (in English & Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Tausug
bulan

Etymology

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

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
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