بلبل
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بلبل
Arabic
Etymology
Noun
بُلْبُل • (bulbul) m (plural بَلَابِل (balābil))
- nightingale; bulbul (Muscicapidae fam. et spp., Pycnonotidae fam. et spp. vel sim.)
- a spinning top
- a plumb bob
Declension
Declension of noun بُلْبُل (bulbul)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بُلْبُل bulbul |
الْبُلْبُل al-bulbul |
بُلْبُل bulbul |
| Nominative | بُلْبُلٌ bulbulun |
الْبُلْبُلُ al-bulbulu |
بُلْبُلُ bulbulu |
| Accusative | بُلْبُلًا bulbulan |
الْبُلْبُلَ al-bulbula |
بُلْبُلَ bulbula |
| Genitive | بُلْبُلٍ bulbulin |
الْبُلْبُلِ al-bulbuli |
بُلْبُلِ bulbuli |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | بُلْبُلَيْن bulbulayn |
الْبُلْبُلَيْن al-bulbulayn |
بُلْبُلَيْ bulbulay |
| Nominative | بُلْبُلَانِ bulbulāni |
الْبُلْبُلَانِ al-bulbulāni |
بُلْبُلَا bulbulā |
| Accusative | بُلْبُلَيْنِ bulbulayni |
الْبُلْبُلَيْنِ al-bulbulayni |
بُلْبُلَيْ bulbulay |
| Genitive | بُلْبُلَيْنِ bulbulayni |
الْبُلْبُلَيْنِ al-bulbulayni |
بُلْبُلَيْ bulbulay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَلَابِل balābil |
الْبَلَابِل al-balābil |
بَلَابِل balābil |
| Nominative | بَلَابِلُ balābilu |
الْبَلَابِلُ al-balābilu |
بَلَابِلُ balābilu |
| Accusative | بَلَابِلَ balābila |
الْبَلَابِلَ al-balābila |
بَلَابِلَ balābila |
| Genitive | بَلَابِلَ balābila |
الْبَلَابِلِ al-balābili |
بَلَابِلِ balābili |
Descendants
References
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 110–111
Baluchi
Noun
بلبل • (bulbul)
Burushaski
Etymology
From Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul).
Pronunciation
Noun
بلبل (bulbul) (plural بلبلشݸ)
References
Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project.
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul, “nightingale”).
Noun
بلبل • (bülbül)
- nightingale, a common songbird in the genus Luscinia
- Synonym: عندلیب (ʿandelib)
Derived terms
- بوقلوجه بلبل (bokluca bülbül, “wren”)
- چالی بلبلی (çalı bülbülü, “crested wren”)
Descendants
- Turkish: bülbül
- → Albanian: bilbil
- → Greek: μπιρμπίλι (birmpíli)
- → Ladino: bilbil
- → Northern Kurdish: bilbil
- → Serbo-Croatian: bulbul
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bülbül”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 721
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بلبل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 275
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Luscinia”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 983
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بلبل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 873
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bülbül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلبل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 380
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul).
Noun
بلبل • (bulbul) m
Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bal-bal- (“babbling, unclear speech”), or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bulbul |
| Dari reading? | bulbul |
| Iranian reading? | bolbol |
| Tajik reading? | bulbul |
- Rhymes: -ol
Noun
| Dari | بلبل |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | булбул |
بلبل • (bolbol)
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: bülbül
- → Baluchi: بلبل
- → Bashkir: былбыл (bılbıl)
- → Bengali: বুলবুল (bulbul)
- → Burushaski: bulbul
- → Georgian: ბულბული (bulbuli)
- → Hindustani:
- → Middle Armenian: բլբուլ (blbul), պլպուլ (plpul)
- → Armenian: բլբուլ (blbul)
- → Ottoman Turkish: بلبل (bülbül)
- → Punjabi:
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul), from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʊl.bʊl/
- Rhymes: -ʊl
- Hyphenation: بُل‧بُل
Noun
بُلْبُل • (bulbul) f (Hindi spelling बुलबुल)
- nightingale; bulbul
- 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :
- سارے جہاں سے اچھا ہندوستاں ہَمارا
ہم بلبلیں ہیں اس کی، یہ گلستاں ہمارا- sāre jahā̃ se acchā hindostā̃ hamārā
ham bulbulẽ ha͠i is kī, ye gulistā̃ hamārā - Better than the whole world, is our Hindustan;
We are its nightingales, and it is our flower-garden.
- sāre jahā̃ se acchā hindostā̃ hamārā
- سارے جہاں سے اچھا ہندوستاں ہَمارا
- (figuratively) beloved
Declension
| Declension of بلبل | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | بُلْبُل (bulbul) | بُلْبُلیں (bulbulẽ) |
| oblique | بُلْبُل (bulbul) | بُلْبُلوں (bulbulõ) |
| vocative | بُلْبُل (bulbul) | بُلْبُلو (bulbulo) |
Further reading
- “بلبل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بلبل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بلبل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.