bulbul

See also: bülbül

English

A bulbul.

Etymology

From Persian (bolbol) or from Arabic بُلْبُل‎ (bulbul).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlbʊl/

Noun

bulbul (plural bulbuls)

Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae, 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.

Translations

bird of the family Pycnonotidae

Arabic: بُلْبُل‎‎ m (bulbul)
Egyptian Arabic: بلبل‎‎ m (bulbul)
Finnish: bulbuli
French: bulbul (fr) m
Italian: bulbul m

Javanese: cucak (jv)
Persian: بلبل‎‎ (fa) (bolbol), هزاردستان‎‎ (fa) (hezârdastân), شباهنگ‎‎ (fa) (šabâhang)
Polish: bilbil (pl) m
Russian: бюльбюль (ru) m (bjulʹbjulʹ)
Spanish: bulbul m

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

bulbul

(anatomy) hair

Spanish

Noun

bulbul m (plural bulbules)

bulbul

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