بلغار

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul.ɣaːr/

Noun

بُلْغَار • (bulḡār) m (collective, singulative بُلْغَارِيّ m (bulḡāriyy))

1. (historical) Bulgars
2. Bulgarians

Declension

Declension of noun بُلْغَار (bulḡār)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُلْغَار bulḡār	الْبُلْغَار al-bulḡār	بُلْغَار bulḡār
Nominative	بُلْغَارٌ bulḡārun	الْبُلْغَارُ al-bulḡāru	بُلْغَارُ bulḡāru
Accusative	بُلْغَارًا bulḡāran	الْبُلْغَارَ al-bulḡāra	بُلْغَارَ bulḡāra
Genitive	بُلْغَارٍ bulḡārin	الْبُلْغَارِ al-bulḡāri	بُلْغَارِ bulḡāri
Singulative	basic singulative triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُلْغَارِي bulḡārī	الْبُلْغَارِي al-bulḡārī	بُلْغَارِي bulḡārī
Nominative	بُلْغَارِيٌّ bulḡāriyyun	الْبُلْغَارِيُّ al-bulḡāriyyu	بُلْغَارِيُّ bulḡāriyyu
Accusative	بُلْغَارِيًّا bulḡāriyyan	الْبُلْغَارِيَّ al-bulḡāriyya	بُلْغَارِيَّ bulḡāriyya
Genitive	بُلْغَارِيٍّ bulḡāriyyin	الْبُلْغَارِيِّ al-bulḡāriyyi	بُلْغَارِيِّ bulḡāriyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُلْغَارِيَّيْن bulḡāriyyayn	الْبُلْغَارِيَّيْن al-bulḡāriyyayn	بُلْغَارِيَّيْ bulḡāriyyay
Nominative	بُلْغَارِيَّانِ bulḡāriyyāni	الْبُلْغَارِيَّانِ al-bulḡāriyyāni	بُلْغَارِيَّا bulḡāriyyā
Accusative	بُلْغَارِيَّيْنِ bulḡāriyyayni	الْبُلْغَارِيَّيْنِ al-bulḡāriyyayni	بُلْغَارِيَّيْ bulḡāriyyay
Genitive	بُلْغَارِيَّيْنِ bulḡāriyyayni	الْبُلْغَارِيَّيْنِ al-bulḡāriyyayni	بُلْغَارِيَّيْ bulḡāriyyay
Paucal (3-10)	basic broken paucal triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُلْغَار bulḡār	الْبُلْغَار al-bulḡār	بُلْغَار bulḡār
Nominative	بُلْغَارٌ bulḡārun	الْبُلْغَارُ al-bulḡāru	بُلْغَارُ bulḡāru
Accusative	بُلْغَارًا bulḡāran	الْبُلْغَارَ al-bulḡāra	بُلْغَارَ bulḡāra
Genitive	بُلْغَارٍ bulḡārin	الْبُلْغَارِ al-bulḡāri	بُلْغَارِ bulḡāri

Proper noun

بُلْغَار • (bulḡār) f

1. (historical) Bolghar, medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria
   • Ibn Battuta, تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار :

     وَكُنْتُ سَمِعْتُ بِمَدِينَةِ بُلْغَار

     wa-kuntu samiʕtu bi-madīnati bulḡār

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بلغار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

بلغار • (Bulgar) (plural بلغارلر (Bulgarlar))

1. (historical) Bulgar
2. Bulgarian
3. Russia leather

Derived terms

• بلغارجه (Bulgarca)
• بلغارستان (Bulgaristan)
• بلغاری (Bulgari)

Descendants

• Turkish: Bulgar

Proper noun

بلغار • (Bulgar)

1. (historical) Bolghar, medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria
   1. (metonymically) the medieval kingdom of Volga Bulgaria

Descendants

• Turkish: Bulgar

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلغار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 382

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bul.ˈɣɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊl.ɣɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊl.ɣɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊl.ɣɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bul.ɣɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bol.ɢɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bul.ʁɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bulğār
Dari reading?	bulğār
Iranian reading?	bolğâr
Tajik reading?	bulġor

Noun

Dari	بلغار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	булғор

بلغار • (bolğâr) (plural بلغارها (bolğâr-hâ))

1. (historical) Bulgar
2. Bulgarian
3. Russia leather

Derived terms

• بلغارستان (bolğârestân)
• بلغاری (bolğâri)

Adjective

Dari	بلغار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	булғор

بلغار • (bolğâr)

1. (historical) Bulgar
2. Bulgarian

Proper noun

Dari	بلغار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Булғор

بلغار • (bolğâr)

1. (historical) Bolghar, medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria
   1. (metonymically) the medieval kingdom of Volga Bulgaria

      Synonym: بلغارستان ولگا (bolğârestân-e volgâ)