Arabic

Noun

بُلْبُل • ‎(bulbul) ?

1. nightingale
2. bulbul

Declension

Descendants

• Maltese: belbul

Baluchi

Noun

بلبل • ‎(bulbul)

1. nightingale
2. bulbul

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Persian بلبل ‎(bolbol).

Noun

بلبل • ‎(bülbül)

1. nightingale
2. bulbul

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bal-bal- ‎(“babbling, unclear speech”), or from Arabic.

Noun

بلبل • ‎(bolbol)

1. nightingale
2. bulbul

Synonyms

• هزاردستان ‎(hezâr-dastân)
• هزارآوا ‎(hezâr-âvâ)
• شباهنگ ‎(šabâhang)
• عندلیب ‎('andalib)
• زندواف ‎(zandvâf)

Descendants

• Azeri: bülbül
• Balochi: بلبل
• Bashkir: былбыл ‎(bïlbïl)
• Georgian: ბულბული ‎(bulbuli)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: बुलबुल ‎(bulbul)

  Urdu: بلبل ‎(bulbul)

• Middle Armenian: բլբուլ ‎(blbul), պլպուլ ‎(plpul)
  • Armenian: բլբուլ ‎(blbul)
• Ottoman Turkish: بلبل ‎(bülbül)
  • Albanian: bilbil
  • Greek: μπιρμπίλι ‎(birmpíli)
  • Kurdish: bilbil
  • Turkish: bülbül

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowing from Persian بلبل ‎(bolbol).

Noun

بلبل • ‎(bulbul) f ‎(Hindi spelling बुलबुल)

1. nightingale
2. bulbul

Declension