bulbul

See also: bülbül and Bülbül

English

Wikispecies

A bulbul.

Etymology

From Persian بلبل‎ (bolbol) or from Arabic بُلْبُل‎ (bulbul).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlbʊl/

Noun

bulbul (plural bulbuls)

  1. Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and parts of Asia, sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.
    • 1904, ‘Saki’, "Reginald's Rubaiyat", Reginald:
      ‘Of course, if you want something really Persian and passionate, with red wine and bulbuls in it,’ I went on to suggest; but she grabbed the book from me.

Synonyms

(alternate names of birds in the bulbul family)

Translations

Burushaski

Etymology

From Persian بلبل‎.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bulbul]

Noun

bulbul (plural bulbulisho)

  1. nightingale

References

Sadaf Munshi (2015), “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

bulbul

  1. (anatomy) hair

Spanish

Noun

bulbul m (plural bulbules)

  1. bulbul
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