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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).
Noun
бу́ла • (búla)
- (low colloquial) a Muslim woman wearing traditional clothes, covered with a headscarf
- Synonyms: ханъ́ма (hanǎ́ma), кадъ́на (kadǎ́na)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin bulla.
Noun
бу́ла • (búla)
- bull (Papal decree)
Declension
References
- “була”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).
Noun
була • (bula) f
- Muslim woman (wearing traditional clothes)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.
Noun
була • (bula) f
- bull (seal affixed to a document)
- (by metonymy) charter with such bull
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bûla/
- Hyphenation: бу‧ла
Noun
бу̏ла f (Latin spelling bȕla)
- (colloquial) a Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf
- (colloquial) a married woman
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǔla/
- Hyphenation: бу‧ла
Noun
бу̀ла f (Latin spelling bùla)
- (medicine) bull (blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion)
- (anatomy) an empty space
Declension
Etymology 3
From бу̏ла (the first etymology).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǔːla/
- Hyphenation: бу‧ла
Noun
бу́ла f (Latin spelling búla)
- (Islam) Islamic religion teacher
- (Islam) Islamic clerk or official
Declension
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bûla/
- Hyphenation: бу‧ла
Noun
бу̏ла f (Latin spelling bȕla)
- bull (seal affixed to a document)
- (by metonymy) charter with such bull
- a box in which a seal is stored
Declension
References
- “була” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “була” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “була” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “була” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Verb
була́ • (bulá)
- feminine singular past indicative imperfective of бути (buty)