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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul), from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
Pronunciation
Noun
बुलबुल • (bulbul) f (Urdu spelling بُلْبُل)
- 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)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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बुलबुल
bulbul
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बुलबुलें
bulbulẽ
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| oblique
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बुलबुल
bulbul
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बुलबुलों
bulbulõ
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| vocative
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बुलबुल
bulbul
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बुलबुलो
bulbulo
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Further reading
- “बुलबुल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बुलबुल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : 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
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बुलबुल (bulbul).
Pronunciation
Noun
बुलबुल • (bulabula) stem, m (New Sanskrit)
- 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