বুলবুল

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (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))

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

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