bulbul

See also: bülbül, Bülbül, and بلبل

English

Wikispecies

A bulbul.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlbʊl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bulbul (plural bulbuls)

1. Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia.
2. Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.
   • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v:

     The infant buds, impatient to look around them, rend their green garments and unfold their eyes; while every tree, on which the bulbul ſings, flutters with joy on the wings of their thouſand leaves.

   • 1904, Saki, “Reginald's Rubaiyat”, in Reginald:

     ‘Of course, if you want something really Persian and passionate, with red wine and bulbuls in it,’ I went on to suggest; but she grabbed the book from me.

Hyponyms

• bristlebill
• brownbul
• Chinese bulbul
• greenbul
• leaflove
• orange-spotted bulbul
• pale-vented bulbul
• red-whiskered bulbul
• sooty-headed bulbul
• straw-headed bulbul
• streak-eared bulbul
• yellow-vented bulbul

 

Translations

bird of the family Pycnonotidae

• Afrikaans: tiptolle
• Arabic: بُلْبُل m (bulbul)

  Egyptian Arabic: بلبل m (bulbul)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鵯 / 鹎 (zh) (bēi)

• Dutch: buulbuul (nl) m
• Finnish: bulbuli (fi)
• French: bulbul (fr) m
• German: Bülbül m
• Hebrew: בולבול (he) (bulbul)
• Hindi: बुलबुल (hi) f (bulbul), अंदलीब (hi) f (andlīb), हजारदास्ताँ (hi) m (hajārdāstā̃)
• Indonesian: merbah (id), cucak, bulbul (id)
• Italian: bulbul m
• Japanese: 鵯 (ja) (hiyodori)
• Javanese: cucak (jv)
• Kashmiri: بُلبُل (bulbul)
• Lithuanian: biulbiulis m
• Odia: ବୁଲବୁଲ୍ (or) (bulabul)
• Persian: بلبل (fa) (bolbol), هزاردستان (fa) (hezârdastân), شباهنگ (fa) (šabâhang)
• Polish: bilbil (pl) m
• Russian: бюльбюль (ru) m (bjulʹbjulʹ)
• Spanish: bulbul (es) m
• Urdu: بلبل f (bulbul)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bulbul, from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlbʊl/
• Hyphenation: bul‧bul
• Rhymes: -bʊl, -ʊl, -i

Noun

bulbul (plural bulbul-bulbul)

1. nightingale
2. bulbul

Further reading

• “bulbul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Isnag

Etymology

Cognate with Cebuano bulbol.

Noun

bulbul

1. pubic hair

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

bulbul

1. (anatomy) hair

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈbul/ [bulˈβ̞ul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: bul‧bul

Noun

bulbul m (plural bulbules)

1. bulbul

Further reading

• “bulbul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bulbul/ [bʊlˈbul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: bul‧bul

Noun

bulbul (Sulat Sūg spelling بُلْ٢)

1. fur, hair
2. feather

Derived terms

• bulbulan
• mabulbul

Thao

Noun

bulbul

1. distiller's yeast; brewer's yeast
2. dust