bulbul
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian بلبل (bolbol) or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
Pronunciation
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Noun
bulbul (plural bulbuls)
- Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and parts of Asia, sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.
- 1904, ‘Saki’, "Reginald's Rubaiyat", Reginald:
- ‘Of course, if you want something really Persian and passionate, with red wine and bulbuls in it,’ I went on to suggest; but she grabbed the book from me.
- 1904, ‘Saki’, "Reginald's Rubaiyat", Reginald:
Synonyms
(alternate names of birds in the bulbul family)
Translations
bird of the family Pycnonotidae
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Burushaski
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bulbul (plural bulbulisho)
References
Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project[1].
Matigsalug Manobo
Noun
bulbul
Spanish
Noun
bulbul m (plural bulbules)
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