বুলবুল

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul), from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Azerbaijani bülbül, Georgian ბულბული (bulbuli), Hindustani बुलबुल / بلبل (bulbul), and Punjabi ਬੁਲਬੁਲ/ بلبل (bulbul).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bulbul/, [ˈbulbul]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bulbul/, [ˈbulbul]

Noun

বুলবুল • (bulbul) (objective বুলবুল (bulbul) or বুলবুলকে (bulbuloke), genitive বুলবুলের (bulbuler), locative বুলবুলে (bulbule) or বুলবুলেতে (bulbulete))

1. nightingale; bulbul (Muscicapidae fam. et spp., Pycnonotidae fam. et spp. vel sim.)

Derived terms

• বুলবুলি (bulbuli)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “বুলবুল, বুলবুলি” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “বুলবুল, বুলবুলি” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh