bilbil

See also: bılbıl and Bilbil

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Gheg) bylbyl, bȣlbȣl

Etymology

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

Noun

bilbíl m

1. nightingale (bird)

Declension

Declension of bilbil

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bilbil	bilbili	bilbila	bilbilat
accusative		bilbilin
dative	bilbili	bilbilit	bilbilave	bilbilave
ablative			bilbilash

Derived terms

• peshku bilbil (“boarfish”) (Capros aper)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bil‧bil

Noun

bilbil

1. love handle, potbelly, muffin top

Northern Kurdish

bilbil

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بُلْبُل (bulbul).

Noun

bilbil m

1. nightingale

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *biʀbiʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil.ˈbil/, [bil.ˈbil]

Noun

bilbil

1. (anatomy) lip

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bilˈbil/ [bɪlˈbɪl]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: bil‧bil

Noun

bilbíl (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

1. (anatomy, colloquial) love handle; excess fat on one's lower abdomen
2. (anatomy) double chin

   Synonym: kabil

3. (medicine) edema; dropsy

   Synonyms: manas, pamamanas

Derived terms

• bilbilin

See also

• kabil

Anagrams

• liblib