बुलबुल

बुलबुल

See also: बुलबुलें, बुलबुले, बुलबुला, and बुलबुलों

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʊl.bʊl/, [bʊl̪.bʊl̪]

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 Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• 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

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बुलबुल (bulbul).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

बुलबुल • (bulabula) m (New Sanskrit)

1. nightingale; bulbul
   • 1993, Pūjālāla, Bālanāṭakāni‎, 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 (bulabula)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बुलबुलः bulabulaḥ	बुलबुलौ bulabulau	बुलबुलाः / बुलबुलासः¹ bulabulāḥ / bulabulāsaḥ¹
Vocative	बुलबुल bulabula	बुलबुलौ bulabulau	बुलबुलाः / बुलबुलासः¹ bulabulāḥ / bulabulāsaḥ¹
Accusative	बुलबुलम् bulabulam	बुलबुलौ bulabulau	बुलबुलान् bulabulān
Instrumental	बुलबुलेन bulabulena	बुलबुलाभ्याम् bulabulābhyām	बुलबुलैः / बुलबुलेभिः¹ bulabulaiḥ / bulabulebhiḥ¹
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
Notes	¹Vedic