bilbil

See also: bılbıl and Bilbil

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • (Gheg) bylbyl, bȣlbȣl [1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلبل (bülbül), from Persian بلبل (bolbol), from Arabic بلبل (bulbul), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Greek μπιρμπίλι (birmpíli).

Noun

bilbil m

  1. nightingale (bird)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 14, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bil‧bil

Noun

bilbil

  1. love handle, potbelly, muffin top

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بلبل (bolbol).

Noun

bilbil m

  1. nightingale

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *biʀbiʀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bil.ˈbil/, [bil.ˈbil]

Noun

bilbil

  1. (anatomy) lip

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bilˈbil/ [bɪlˈbɪl]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: bil‧bil

Noun

bilbíl (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) love handle; excess fat on one's lower abdomen
  2. (anatomy) double chin
    Synonym: kabil
  3. (medicine) edema; dropsy
    Synonyms: manas, pamamanas

Derived terms

  • bilbilin

See also

Anagrams

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