була

See also: буля and Appendix:Variations of "bula"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuɫɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

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• Rhymes: -uɫɐ
• Syllabification^(key): бу‧ла

Etymology 1

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

Noun

бу́ла • (búla)

1. (low colloquial) a Muslim woman wearing traditional clothes, covered with a headscarf

   Synonyms: ханъ́ма (hanǎ́ma), кадъ́на (kadǎ́na)

Declension

Declension of бу́ла

	singular	plural
indefinite	бу́ла búla	бу́ли búli
definite	бу́лата búlata	бу́лите búlite
vocative form	бу́ло búlo	бу́ли búli

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin bulla.

Noun

бу́ла • (búla)

1. bull (Papal decree)

Declension

Declension of бу́ла

	singular	plural
indefinite	бу́ла búla	бу́ли búli
definite	бу́лата búlata	бу́лите búlite

References

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

Chechen

Etymology

Borrowed from Nogai булан (bulan). Cognates include Ingush була (bula).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbula/

Noun

була • (bula) class jj

1. European bison (Bison bonasus)
2. buffalo

Declension

Declension of була

	singular	plural
nominative	була (bula)	буланаш (bulanaš)
genitive	буланан (bulanan)	буланийн (bulaniı̇n)
dative	буланна (bulanna)	буланашна (bulanašna)
ergative	булано̄ (bulanoo)	буланаша (bulanaša)
allative	булане̄ (bulanee)	буланашка (bulanaška)
instrumental	буланца (bulanca)	буланашца (bulanašca)
lative	буланах (bulanax)	буланех (bulanex)
comparative	буланал (bulanal)	буланел (bulanel)

References

• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “була”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 62b

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuɫa]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

була • (bula) f

1. Muslim woman (wearing traditional clothes)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.

Noun

була • (bula) f

1. bull (seal affixed to a document)
2. (by metonymy) charter with such bull

Declension

Declension of була

	singular	plural
indefinite	була (bula)	були (buli)
definite unspecified	булата (bulata)	булите (bulite)
definite proximal	булава (bulava)	буливе (bulive)
definite distal	булана (bulana)	булине (buline)
vocative	було (bulo)	були (buli)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûla/
• Hyphenation: бу‧ла

Noun

бу̏ла f (Latin spelling bȕla)

1. (colloquial) a Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf
2. (colloquial) a married woman

Declension

Declension of була

	singular	plural
nominative	бу̏ла	буле
genitive	буле	бу̑ла̄
dative	були	булама
accusative	булу	буле
vocative	було	буле
locative	були	булама
instrumental	булом	булама

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔla/
• Hyphenation: бу‧ла

Noun

бу̀ла f (Latin spelling bùla)

1. (medicine) bull (blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion)
2. (anatomy) an empty space

Declension

Declension of була

	singular	plural
nominative	бу̀ла	буле
genitive	буле	бу́ла̄
dative	були	булама
accusative	булу	буле
vocative	було	буле
locative	були	булама
instrumental	булом	булама

Etymology 3

From бу̏ла (the first etymology).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔːla/
• Hyphenation: бу‧ла

Noun

бу́ла f (Latin spelling búla)

1. (Islam) Islamic religion teacher
2. (Islam) Islamic clerk or official

Declension

Declension of була

	singular	plural
nominative	була	буле
genitive	буле	була
dative	були	булама
accusative	булу	буле
vocative	було	буле
locative	були	булама
instrumental	булом	булама

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûla/
• Hyphenation: бу‧ла

Noun

бу̏ла f (Latin spelling bȕla)

1. bull (seal affixed to a document)
2. (by metonymy) charter with such bull
3. a box in which a seal is stored

Declension

Declension of була

	singular	plural
nominative	бу̏ла	буле
genitive	буле	бу̑ла̄
dative	були	булама
accusative	булу	буле
vocative	було	буле
locative	були	булама
instrumental	булом	булама

References

• “була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “була”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊˈɫa]

Verb

була́ • (bulá)

1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of бути (buty)