बुलबुल

See also: बुलबुलें, बुलबुले, बुलबुला, and बुलबुलों

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul), from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʊl.bʊl/

Noun

बुलबुल • (bulbul) f (Urdu spelling بُلْبُل)

1. nightingale; bulbul
   • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :

     सारे जहाँ से अच्छा, हिन्दोस्ताँ हमारा।
     हम बुलबुलें हैं इसकी, यह गुलिस्ताँ हमारा॥

     sāre jahā̃ se acchā, hindostā̃ hamārā.
     ham bulbulẽ ha͠i iskī, yah gulistā̃ hamārā.

     Better than the whole world, is our India;
     we are its nightingales, and it is our flower-garden.

Declension

Declension of बुलबुल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बुलबुल bulbul	बुलबुलें bulbulẽ
oblique	बुलबुल bulbul	बुलबुलों bulbulõ
vocative	बुलबुल bulbul	बुलबुलो bulbulo

Further reading

• “बुलबुल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बुलबुल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3538
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बुलबुल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 742
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बुलबुल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 529

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বুলবুল (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬸᬮᬩᬸᬮ (Balinese script)
• বুলবুল (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰲𑰩𑰤𑰲𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀼𑀮𑀩𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဗုလဗုလ (Burmese script)
• બુલબુલ (Gujarati script)
• ਬੁਲਬੁਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍁𑌲𑌬𑍁𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦸꦭꦧꦸꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂳𑂪𑂥𑂳𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಬುಲಬುಲ (Kannada script)
• ពុលពុល (Khmer script)
• ພຸລພຸລ (Lao script)
• ബുലബുല (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡠᠯᠠᠪᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘳𑘩𑘤𑘳𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠪᠤᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧔𑧉𑧄𑧔𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐸𑐮𑐧𑐸𑐮 (Newa script)
• ବୁଲବୁଲ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢸꢭꢨꢸꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆶𑆬𑆧𑆶𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖲𑖩𑖤𑖲𑖩 (Siddham script)
• බුලබුල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩒𑩽𑩲𑩒𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚰𑚥𑚠𑚰𑚥 (Takri script)
• பு³லபு³ல (Tamil script)
• బులబుల (Telugu script)
• พุลพุล (Thai script)
• བུ་ལ་བུ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒳𑒪𑒥𑒳𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨃𑨬𑨠𑨃𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बुलबुल (bulbul).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bu.l̪ɐ.bu.l̪ɐ/

Noun

बुलबुल • (bulabula) stem, m (New Sanskrit)

1. nightingale; bulbul
   • 1993, Pūjālāla, Bālanāṭakāni‎^[1], page 71:

     अस्मिता — अपि सन्ति बुलबुलाः अत्र?
     नियामकः — तेऽपि सन्ति। शृणु, शृणु बुलबुलगानं पेरुकवाटिकायाम्।

     asmitā — api santi bulabulāḥ atra?
     niyāmakaḥ — teʼpi santi. śṛṇu, śṛṇu bulabulagānaṃ perukavāṭikāyām.

     Asmitā — Are there nightingales here too?
     Niyāmaka — They are there too. Listen, listen to the nightingale-song in Perukavāṭikā.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बुलबुल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	बुलबुलः (bulabulaḥ)	बुलबुलौ (bulabulau)	बुलबुलाः (bulabulāḥ)
vocative	बुलबुल (bulabula)	बुलबुलौ (bulabulau)	बुलबुलाः (bulabulāḥ)
accusative	बुलबुलम् (bulabulam)	बुलबुलौ (bulabulau)	बुलबुलान् (bulabulān)
instrumental	बुलबुलेन (bulabulena)	बुलबुलाभ्याम् (bulabulābhyām)	बुलबुलैः (bulabulaiḥ)
dative	बुलबुलाय (bulabulāya)	बुलबुलाभ्याम् (bulabulābhyām)	बुलबुलेभ्यः (bulabulebhyaḥ)
ablative	बुलबुलात् (bulabulāt)	बुलबुलाभ्याम् (bulabulābhyām)	बुलबुलेभ्यः (bulabulebhyaḥ)
genitive	बुलबुलस्य (bulabulasya)	बुलबुलयोः (bulabulayoḥ)	बुलबुलानाम् (bulabulānām)
locative	बुलबुले (bulabule)	बुलबुलयोः (bulabulayoḥ)	बुलबुलेषु (bulabuleṣu)