бум

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bum"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bum]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -um

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

бум • (bum)

1. boom (sound of explosion)
2. bang (any brief, sharp, loud noise)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boom.

Noun

бум • (bum) m

1. (economics) boom
2. (media) sensation, racket

   Synonyms: бомба (bomba), сензация (senzacija), фурор (furor)

Declension

Declension of бум

	singular
indefinite	бум bum
definite (subject form)	бу́мът búmǎt
definite (object form)	бу́ма búma

References

• “бум”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бум”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “бум”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bum]
• Rhymes: -um

Interjection

бум • (bum)

1. boom

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠪᠤᠮ (bum)	бум (bum)

Mongolian numbers ^(edit)

←  100	←  10,000	100,000	1,000,000 (106)  →	100,000,000 (108)  →
Cardinal: бум (bum)     Attributive: буман (buman)     Ordinal: бумдугаар (bumdugaar), бум дахь (bum daxʹ)     Adverbial: бумантаа (bumantaa)     Approximative: бумаад (bumaad)     Collective: бумуул (bumuul)     Maximative: бумаар (bumaar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan འབུམ ('bum)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊm/
• Syllabification: бум

Numeral

бум • (bum)

1. one hundred thousand, lakh

References

• бум in Болор толь (Bolor tolʹ, “Bolor Dictionary”)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bum]

Etymology 1

Anglicism (English boom).

Noun

бум • (bum) m inan (genitive бу́ма, nominative plural бу́мы, genitive plural бу́мов)

1. (media) sensation, racket
2. (economics) boom

Declension

Declension of бум (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бу́м búm	бу́мы búmy
genitive	бу́ма búma	бу́мов búmov
dative	бу́му búmu	бу́мам búmam
accusative	бу́м búm	бу́мы búmy
instrumental	бу́мом búmom	бу́мами búmami
prepositional	бу́ме búme	бу́мах búmax

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

бум • (bum)

1. thud, crash

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian بُوم (būm), from Arabic بُوم (būm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum/, [bum]

Noun

бум • (bum) (Persian spelling بوم)

1. owl

Further reading

• бум on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tg
• “бум”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bum]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Anglicism (English boom).

Noun

бум • (bum) m inan (genitive бу́ма, nominative plural бу́ми, genitive plural бу́мів)

1. (media) sensation, racket
2. (economics) boom

Declension

Declension of бум
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	бум bum	бу́ми búmy
genitive	бу́ма búma	бу́мів búmiv
dative	бу́мові, бу́му búmovi, búmu	бу́мам búmam
accusative	бум bum	бу́ми búmy
instrumental	бу́мом búmom	бу́мами búmamy
locative	бу́мі búmi	бу́мах búmax
vocative	бу́ме búme	бу́ми búmy

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

бум • (bum)

1. thud, crash

References

• “бум”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]