биология

See also: біологія

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Bulgarian био- (bio-)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)der.

Bulgarian -ло́гия (-lógija)

Bulgarian биология

From био- (bio-) + -ло́гия (-lógija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bioˈɫɔɡijɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

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• Syllabification^(key): би‧о‧ло‧ги‧я
• Hyphenation^(key): би‧оло‧гия
• Rhymes: -ɔɡijɐ

Noun

биоло́гия • (biológija) f (relational adjective биологи́чен or биологи́чески)

1. biology (the study of all life or living matter)
2. (colloquial) a biology textbook

   Ще ми дадеш ли твойта биология, че нещо си я забравих?

   Šte mi dadeš li tvojta biologija, če nešto si ja zabravih?

   Will you give me your biology textbook, since I kinda forgot mine?

3. (colloquial) biology, nature, instinct; something inherent and unavoidable

   – Няма ли да спреш пушенето? – Това е чиста биология, въобще не ми се спира.

   – Njama li da spreš pušeneto? – Tova e čista biologija, vǎobšte ne mi se spira.

   – Aren't you going to quit smoking? – It's pure instinct, I don't even want to quit.

Declension

Declension of биоло́гия

	singular
indefinite	биоло́гия biológija
definite	биоло́гията biológijata

References

• “биология”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “биология”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “био-”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 49
• “биология”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN, page 61

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	بيولوگيا
Cyrillic	биология
Latin	biologia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian биоло́гия (biológija), from French biologie, from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪɐˈɫoɡʲɪjə]
• Hyphenation: би‧о‧ло‧ги‧я

Noun

биология • (biologiä)

1. biology

Synonyms

• тіршіліктану (tırşılıktanu)

Derived terms

• биологиялық (biologiälyq)

Russian

Alternative forms

• біоло́гія (biológija) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Adaptation of French biologie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪɐˈɫoɡʲɪjə]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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Noun

биоло́гия • (biológija) f inan (genitive биоло́гии, nominative plural биоло́гии, genitive plural биоло́гий)

1. biology

Declension

Declension of биоло́гия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	биоло́гия biológija	биоло́гии biológii
genitive	биоло́гии biológii	биоло́гий biológij
dative	биоло́гии biológii	биоло́гиям biológijam
accusative	биоло́гию biológiju	биоло́гии biológii
instrumental	биоло́гией, биоло́гиею biológijej, biológijeju	биоло́гиями biológijami
prepositional	биоло́гии biológii	биоло́гиях biológijax

Related terms

• био́лог m (biólog)
• биологи́ческий (biologíčeskij)

Descendants

• → Armenian: բիոլոգիա (biologia)
• → Azerbaijani: biologiya
• ⇒ Buryat: биологи (biologi)
• → Crimean Tatar: biologiya
• → Kazakh: биология (biologiä)
• → Tajik: биология (biologiya)

Tajik

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian биология (biologija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bioloɡija/, [biɔ.lɔ.ɡi.jä]
• IPA^(key): /biaˈloɡija/, [biä.lɔ́.ɡi.jä] (Russified, phonemic respelling: биало́гия)

Noun

биология • (biologiya)

1. biology

Derived terms

• биологӣ (biologi)

Further reading

• “биология”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026