bilbil

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See also: bılbıl

Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلبل (bülbül), from Persian بلبل (bolbol), from Arabic بلبل (bulbul), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Greek μπιρμπίλι (birmpíli).

Noun[edit]

bilbil m

  1. nightingale (bird)

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Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bil‧bil

Noun[edit]

bilbil

  1. love handle, potbelly, muffin top

Northern Kurdish[edit]

bilbil

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian بلبل (bolbol).

Noun[edit]

bilbil m

  1. nightingale

Sakizaya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *biʀbiʀ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bil.ˈbil/, [bil.ˈbil]

Noun[edit]

bilbil

  1. (anatomy) lip

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bilˈbil/, [bɪlˈbil]
  • Hyphenation: bil‧bil

Noun[edit]

bilbíl (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) love handle; excess fat on one's lower abdomen
  2. (anatomy) double chin
  3. (medicine) edema; dropsy
    Synonyms: manas, pamamanas

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