буля

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbulʲɐ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

бу́ля (búljaf (dialectal)

  1. sister-in-law (elder-brother’s wife)
  2. aunt (address to an elderly woman)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • буля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014