bulvan

== English == === Noun === bulvan (plural bulvans) (slang) A brute. == Romanian == === Noun === bulvan m (plural bulvani) alternative form of bălvan ==== Declension ==== === References === Paliga, Sorin (2024), An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 205 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from the Baltic languages. Compare with Latvian bulvāns (“decoy”) and Russian болван (bolvan, “dummy”). === Noun === bulvan c (law) front, someone acting on behalf of someone else decoy ==== Declension ==== === References === “bulvan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “bulvan”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “bulvan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) bulvan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)