bulan

See also: Bulan

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Alangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulán

1. moon

Azerbaijani

Participle

bulan

1. subject non-past participle of bulmaq

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Balinese

bulan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Doublet of wulan.

Noun

bulan (Balinese script ᬩᬸᬮᬦ᭄)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Further reading

• “bulan”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Baram Kayan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulan (compare Malay bulan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulan/
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bolan — archaic spelling
• buwan — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation 1

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.l̪ɐn̪]
• (l-eliding dialects) IPA^(key): /ˈbuwan/ [ˈbu.wɐn̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. the Moon
   1. moon of other planets
2. month
   • 2014 — Todiño, Junhan B, Ipapaak sa Iro (12 May), Opinyon, SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro, page 12:

     Pila nalang ka bulan, hapit na ang tuig 2015, apan walay timailhan nga nahilis kining problema sa rabies. Ambot kon asa na kining vaccination program sa Department of Agriculture.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2018 — Ceballos, Lamberto G., Laing mga Handomanan sa Akong Pagka Magsusulat^[sic] (11 July), Bisaya, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation

     Tuig 1966, nagtrabaho na ko isip bookkeeper sa usa ka shipping company sa Dakbayan sa Sugbo. May kauban ko sa opisina nga naghisgot nga may makinilya nga ibaligya ang iyang ig-agaw, P300 lang. Nagdawat kog minimum nga suhol, P180 ang bulan, kay P6 man ang adlaw. Ug wa koy tinigom kay nag-review man ko alang sa CPA Board Exams nga ipahigayon sa bulan sa Oktubre, 1966. Gihangyo nako siya nga data-datahan ko lang kinig P50 kada bulan. Salamat nga misugot ang iyang ig-agaw. Gikalipay ko kinig dako kaayo kay dili na ko moadto sa Olis o sa Carangue aron magpa-type og manuskrito. Naako ang makinilya human sa unom ka buwan nga pag-antos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• binulan (“monthly; to do something monthly”)
• binulanan (“household help”)
• buhi ang bulan (“first day of the first quarter”)
• bulan-bulan (“every month”)
• bulanbulan (“tarpon; moon shell with edible flesh”)
• bulanon (“moonlight; having a weak eyesight”)
• dulom nga bulan (“third quarter, waning gibbous”)
• haya ang bulan (“horizontal crescent moon”)
• himatayon nga bulan (“third quarter, waning crescent”)
• katin ang bulan (“waning half-moon”)
• lakad ang bulan (“second quarter, waxing gibbous”)
• lunod ang bulan (“new moon”)
• pabulan (“to hire as a servant”)
• patay ang bulan (“new moon”)
• payong sa bulan (“visible ring around the moon”)
• pilok nga bulan (“third quarter, waning gibbous”)
• subang ang bulan (“first quarter, waxing crescent”)
• udtong bulan (“waxing half-moon”)
• udtong lunod ang bulan (“waning half-moon”)

Pronunciation 2

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /buˈlan/ [bʊˈl̪an̪]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /buˈan/ [ˈbwan̪]

Verb

bulán (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. to hire a servant

References

• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851), Diccionario bisaya-español‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 69
• John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[2] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Central Bikol

bulan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.l̪an̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

búlan (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Derived terms

• bulan-bulan
• bulanan
• bulanon

Related terms

• lakad-bulan

See also

• aldaw
• banaag
• dulom
• saldang
• silaw
• sirang

Dairi Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Galician

Verb

bulan

1. inflection of bulir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lɐn]
• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜳᜮᜨ᜴)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)

See also

• Bulan
• bulan-bulan
• kanaw

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 89

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

búlan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lan]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• boelan (1901–1947)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bulan, from Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Doublet of rembulan and wulan. The sense “any natural satellite of a planet” is a semantic loan from Dutch maan (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lan]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (plural bulan-bulan)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

   Bulan malam ini sangat bulat. ― The moon is very round tonight.

2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)

   Bulan Titan yang mengorbit planet Saturnus memiliki kandungan hidrokarbon yang signifikan.

   The moon Titan, that orbits Saturn, has significant numbers of hydrocarbon.

3. month (period into which a year is divided)

   Kami harus membayar tagihan air setiap bulan.

   We have to pay the water bill every month.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:bulan.

Derived terms

• berbulan
• berbulan-bulan
• bulan-bulanan
• bulanan
• membulan
• membulan-bulani

• bulan bahasa dan sastra
• bulan baru
• bulan bintang
• bulan biru
• bulan darah
• bulan dimakan Rahu
• bulan gelap
• bulan gerhana
• bulan haji
• bulan kapangan
• bulan kembar
• bulan kesiangan
• bulan madu
• bulan mati
• bulan muda
• bulan panen
• bulan penuh
• bulan puasa
• bulan purnama
• bulan Ruwah
• bulan sabit
• bulan sabit baru
• bulan sabit tua
• bulan suci
• bulan Sura
• bulan surut
• bulan susut
• bulan timbul
• bulan tua

Related terms

• Bulan

Further reading

• “bulan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Noun

bulan (Carakan spelling ꦧꦸꦭꦤ꧀)

1. clipping of rembulan

Further reading

• “bulan”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulən/ [ˈbuː.lən]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

búlan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Derived terms

• bulan-bulan
• bulanan
• pabulan
• telabulan

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Kelabit

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Malay

Alternative forms

• bln (text messaging)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as [script needed] (vulan).

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lan]

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ulan
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Jawi spelling بولن, plural bulan-bulan or bulan²)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

   Aku pergi ke sana dua kali untuk setiap bulan.

   I go there twice for every month.

Synonyms

• (moon):
  • alkamar / القمر
  • cendera / چندرا
  • kamar / قمر
  • rembulan / رمبولن

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “sun”):
  • matahari / ماتاهاري

Derived terms

• berbulan
• berbulan-bulan
• bulanan
• membulan

• anak bulan
• baju bulan
• bulan baru
• bulan bintang
• bulan biru
• bulan darah
• bulan dimakan Rahu
• bulan gelap
• bulan gerhana
• bulan haji
• bulan kembar
• bulan kesiangan
• bulan madu
• bulan penuh
• bulan puasa
• bulan purnama
• bulan sabit
• bulan sabit baru
• bulan sabit tua
• bulan suci
• bulan timbul
• bulan tua

Descendants

• Indonesian: bulan

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “بولن bulan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 132
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “bulan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 161-2

Further reading

• "bulan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. month
2. moon

Ngaju

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)

Descendants

• Javanese: bulan

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon

   Synonyms: wulan, sasih

   1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
      • c. late 15th century, Bujangga Manik, folio 12, verso:

        mo ñoraṅ pacarek döi / mo ma tina paṅi(m)pyan / pajĕĕṅ bĕṅĕt di bulan / patempuh awak di [awak di] aṅin.

        We shall no longer speak, except in our dreams; we'll meet on the moon, and reach for one another through the wind.

   2. month (period into which a year is divided)

Descendants

• Sundanese: bulan

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Remontado Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

búlan

1. moon
2. month

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani bul (“buttocks”).

Noun

bulan n (plural bulane)

1. (slang) good luck
2. (slang) leg

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bulan	bulanul		bulani	bulanii
genitive-dative	bulan	bulanului		bulani	bulanilor
vocative	bulanule			bulanilor

Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	sasih
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	bulan
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

From Old Sundanese bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮜᮔ᮪) (loma)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Swedish

Noun

bulan

1. definite singular of bula

Tagalog

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Cebuano bulan, from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Proposed by Eusebio Daluz by the 20^th century to use the Visayan word instead of Tagalog buwan (“moon; month”) to distinguish “moon” and “month” to have equivalents for Spanish luna (“moon”) and Spanish mes (“month”). Doublet of buwan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbuː.lɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: bu‧lan
• Homophone: Bulan

Noun

bulan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔) (neologism)

1. moon

   Synonyms: buwan, (rare) luna

Derived terms

• bagong bulan
• bulang gasuklay
• bulang kabilugan
• bulang nagbibilog
• bulang nagdudurog
• patay na bulan
• talabulanan

Related terms

• Bulan

Further reading

• Lupon sa Agham (1969), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
• Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915), Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino, page 12.
• Lope K. Santos (1938), Gabriel A. Bernardo, transl., Sources and means for further enrichment of Tagalog as our national language‎^[3], Manila : University of the Philippines, pages 123–124

Tausug

bulan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bulan/ [bʊˈlan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Sulat Sūg spelling بُلَنْ)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Turkish

Verb

bulan

1. present participle of bulmak

Yakan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulán

1. moon
2. month