Malay
Noun
بولا (plural بولا-بولا or بولا۲, informal 1st possessive بولاکو, 2nd possessive بولامو, 3rd possessive بولاڽ)
- Jawi spelling of bola
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Unknown, only Ottoman. Attested from the 15th century and deemed obsolete in the 19th.
Pronunciation
Noun
بولا • (bola, bula)
- wife of one’s paternal uncle
- lady, miss
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: бу̀ла (bùla, “a veiled Muslim woman”)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: бу̀лка (bùlka, “bride; woman that veils herself; daughter-in-law”)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: бу̀ло (bùlo, “fine veil; wedding”)
- → Bulgarian: бу̀ля (bùlja, “sister-in-law; address to an elderly woman”)
- → Macedonian: була (bula, “a veiled Muslim woman”)
- → Serbo-Croatian: (“a married woman; a veiled woman”)
- Cyrillic script: бу̏ла
- Latin script: bȕla