بولا

بولا

Malay

Noun

بولا (plural بولا-بولا or بولا۲‎, informal 1st possessive بولاکو‎, 2nd possessive بولامو‎, 3rd possessive بولاڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of bola

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Unknown, only Ottoman. Attested from the 15^th century and deemed obsolete in the 19^th.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔ.lɑ], [bu.lɑ]

Noun

بولا • (bola, bula)

1. wife of one’s paternal uncle
2. lady, miss

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: бу́ла (búla, “a veiled Muslim woman”)
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: бу́лка (búlka, “bride; woman that veils herself; daughter-in-law”)
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: бу́ло (búlo, “fine veil; wedding”)
• → Bulgarian: бу́ля (búlja, “sister-in-law; address to an elderly woman”)
• → Macedonian: була (bula, “a veiled Muslim woman”)
• → Serbo-Croatian: (“a married woman; a veiled woman”)

  Cyrillic: бу̏ла

  Latin: bȕla

Verb

بولا • (bola)

1. third-person singular optative of بولمق‎

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بولا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 292
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بولا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 407