بلبل

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

Declension of noun بُلْبُل (bulbul)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُلْبُل bulbul	الْبُلْبُل‎ al-bulbul	بُلْبُل bulbul
Nominative	بُلْبُلٌ bulbulun	الْبُلْبُلُ‎ al-bulbulu	بُلْبُلُ bulbulu
Accusative	بُلْبُلًا‎ bulbulan	الْبُلْبُلَ‎ al-bulbula	بُلْبُلَ bulbula
Genitive	بُلْبُلٍ bulbulin	الْبُلْبُلِ‎ al-bulbuli	بُلْبُلِ bulbuli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُلْبُلَيْن‎ bulbulayn	الْبُلْبُلَيْن‎ al-bulbulayn	بُلْبُلَيْ‎ bulbulay
Nominative	بُلْبُلَانِ‎ bulbulāni	الْبُلْبُلَانِ‎ al-bulbulāni	بُلْبُلَا‎ bulbulā
Accusative	بُلْبُلَيْنِ‎ bulbulayni	الْبُلْبُلَيْنِ‎ al-bulbulayni	بُلْبُلَيْ‎ bulbulay
Genitive	بُلْبُلَيْنِ‎ bulbulayni	الْبُلْبُلَيْنِ‎ al-bulbulayni	بُلْبُلَيْ‎ bulbulay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَلَابِل‎ balābil	الْبَلَابِل‎ al-balābil	بَلَابِل‎ balābil
Nominative	بَلَابِلُ‎ balābilu	الْبَلَابِلُ‎ al-balābilu	بَلَابِلُ‎ balābilu
Accusative	بَلَابِلَ‎ balābila	الْبَلَابِلَ‎ al-balābila	بَلَابِلَ‎ balābila
Genitive	بَلَابِلَ‎ balābila	الْبَلَابِلِ‎ al-balābili	بَلَابِلِ‎ balābili

Descendants

• Maltese: bilbla, belbul

References

• Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 110–111

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Baluchi

Noun

بلبل • (bulbul)

1. nightingale
2. bulbul

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بلبل‎ (bolbol).

Noun

بلبل • (bülbül)

1. nightingale
2. bulbul

Descendants

• Turkish: bülbül
• → Albanian: bilbil
• → Greek: μπιρμπίλι (birmpíli)
• → Ladino: bilbil
• → Northern Kurdish: bilbil
• → Serbo-Croatian: bulbul

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Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bal-bal- (“babbling, unclear speech”), or from Arabic بُلْبُل‎ (bulbul).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /bulbul/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /bʊlbʊl/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /bolbol/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /bulbul/

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

• → Azerbaijani: bülbül
• → Baluchi: بلبل‎
• → Bashkir: былбыл (bılbıl)
• → Burushaski: bulbul
• → Georgian: ბულბული (bulbuli)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बुलबुल (bulbul)

  Urdu: بلبل‎ (bulbul)

• → Middle Armenian: բլբուլ (blbul), պլպուլ (plpul)
  • → Armenian: բլբուլ (blbul)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بلبل‎ (bülbül)
  • Turkish: bülbül
  • → Albanian: bilbil
  • → Greek: μπιρμπίλι (birmpíli)
  • → Ladino: bilbil
  • → Northern Kurdish: bilbil
  • → Serbo-Croatian: bulbul
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਬੁਲਬੁਲ (bulbul)

  Shahmukhi: بلبل‎ (bulbul)

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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)