була

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Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss).

Noun

бу́ла (búla)

  1. (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)

  1. bull (Papal decree)
Declension

References

  • була”, in Речник на българския език (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 (bulaf

  1. Muslim woman (wearing traditional clothes)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.

Noun

була (bulaf

  1. bull (seal affixed to a document)
  2. (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)

  1. (colloquial) a Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf
  2. (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)

  1. (medicine) bull (blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion)
  2. (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)

  1. (Islam) Islamic religion teacher
  2. (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)

  1. bull (seal affixed to a document)
  2. (by metonymy) charter with such bull
  3. a box in which a seal is stored
Declension

References

  • була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

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Verb

була́ (bulá)

  1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of бути (buty)