بلبل
Arabic
Etymology
Onomatopoeic reduplicated
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 |
References
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 110–111
Baluchi
Ottoman Turkish
بلبل
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
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
Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bal-bal- (“babbling, unclear speech”), or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [bul.ˈbul]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bʊl.bʊ́l]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bʊl.bʊ́l]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bul.búl̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bol.ból̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bul.búl]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bulbul |
| Dari reading? | bulbul |
| Iranian reading? | bolbol |
| Tajik reading? | bulbul |
Synonyms
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul).
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