bulbul

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlbʊl/ === Noun === bulbul (plural bulbuls) Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia. Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Hiligaynon == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulbul (“body hair; feathers”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu. Compare Cebuano bulbol, Tagalog bulbol. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbulbul/ [ˈbul.bul] Hyphenation: bul‧bul === Noun === búlbul fine hair down (soft hair of the face when beginning to appear) feathers ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== balahibo === Further reading === John Kaufmann (1934), Visayan-English Dictionary‎[1] (overall work in Hiligaynon and English), page 82 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay bulbul, from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʊlbʊl/ Hyphenation: bul‧bul Rhymes: -bʊl, -ʊl, -i === Noun === bulbul (plural bulbul-bulbul) nightingale bulbul === References === === Further reading === “bulbul”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Isnag == === Etymology === Cognate with Cebuano bulbol. === Noun === bulbul pubic hair == Matigsalug Manobo == === Noun === bulbul (anatomy) hair == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bulˈbul/ [bulˈβ̞ul] Rhymes: -ul Syllabification: bul‧bul === Noun === bulbul m (plural bulbules) bulbul === Further reading === “bulbul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tausug == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (“hair”). === Pronunciation === (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /bulbul/ [bʊlˈbul] Rhymes: -ul Syllabification: bul‧bul === Noun === bulbul (Sulat Sūg spelling بُلْ٢) fur, hair feather ==== Derived terms ==== bulbulan mabulbul == Thao == === Noun === bulbul distiller's yeast; brewer's yeast dust