बुलबुल
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul), from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bʊl.bʊl/
Noun
बुलबुल • (bulbul) f (Urdu spelling بُلْبُل)
- nightingale; bulbul
- 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind:
- सारे जहाँ से अच्छा, हिन्दोस्ताँ हमारा।
हम बुलबुलें हैं इसकी, यह गुलिस्ताँ हमारा॥- sāre jahā̃ se acchā, hindostā̃ hamārā.
ham bulbulẽ ha͠i iskī, yah gulistā̃ hamārā. - Better than the whole world, is our India;
we are its nightingales, and it is our flower-garden.
- sāre jahā̃ se acchā, hindostā̃ hamārā.
- सारे जहाँ से अच्छा, हिन्दोस्ताँ हमारा।
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बुलबुल bulbul |
बुलबुलें bulbulẽ |
| oblique | बुलबुल bulbul |
बुलबुलों bulbulõ |
| vocative | बुलबुल bulbul |
बुलबुलो bulbulo |
Further reading
- “बुलबुल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बुलबुल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3538
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बुलबुल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 742
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बुलबुल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 529
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- বুলবুল (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬸᬮᬩᬸᬮ (Balinese script)
- বুলবুল (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰲𑰩𑰤𑰲𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀼𑀮𑀩𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ဗုလဗုလ (Burmese script)
- બુલબુલ (Gujarati script)
- ਬੁਲਬੁਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑍁𑌲𑌬𑍁𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦸꦭꦧꦸꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂳𑂪𑂥𑂳𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಬುಲಬುಲ (Kannada script)
- ពុលពុល (Khmer script)
- ພຸລພຸລ (Lao script)
- ബുലബുല (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᡠᠯᠠᠪᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘳𑘩𑘤𑘳𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠪᠤᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧔𑧉𑧄𑧔𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐸𑐮𑐧𑐸𑐮 (Newa script)
- ବୁଲବୁଲ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢸꢭꢨꢸꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆶𑆬𑆧𑆶𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖲𑖩𑖤𑖲𑖩 (Siddham script)
- බුලබුල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩒𑩽𑩲𑩒𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚰𑚥𑚠𑚰𑚥 (Takri script)
- பு³லபு³ல (Tamil script)
- బులబుల (Telugu script)
- พุลพุล (Thai script)
- བུ་ལ་བུ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒳𑒪𑒥𑒳𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨃𑨬𑨠𑨃𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बुलबुल (bulbul).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bu.l̪ɐ.bu.l̪ɐ/
Noun
बुलबुल • (bulabula) stem, m (New Sanskrit)
- nightingale; bulbul
- 1993, Pūjālāla, Bālanāṭakāni[1], page 71:
- अस्मिता — अपि सन्ति बुलबुलाः अत्र?
नियामकः — तेऽपि सन्ति। शृणु, शृणु बुलबुलगानं पेरुकवाटिकायाम्।- asmitā — api santi bulabulāḥ atra?
niyāmakaḥ — teʼpi santi. śṛṇu, śṛṇu bulabulagānaṃ perukavāṭikāyām. - Asmitā — Are there nightingales here too?
Niyāmaka — They are there too. Listen, listen to the nightingale-song in Perukavāṭikā.
- asmitā — api santi bulabulāḥ atra?
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बुलबुलः (bulabulaḥ) | बुलबुलौ (bulabulau) | बुलबुलाः (bulabulāḥ) |
| accusative | बुलबुलम् (bulabulam) | बुलबुलौ (bulabulau) | बुलबुलान् (bulabulān) |
| instrumental | बुलबुलेन (bulabulena) | बुलबुलाभ्याम् (bulabulābhyām) | बुलबुलैः (bulabulaiḥ) |
| dative | बुलबुलाय (bulabulāya) | बुलबुलाभ्याम् (bulabulābhyām) | बुलबुलेभ्यः (bulabulebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बुलबुलात् (bulabulāt) | बुलबुलाभ्याम् (bulabulābhyām) | बुलबुलेभ्यः (bulabulebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बुलबुलस्य (bulabulasya) | बुलबुलयोः (bulabulayoḥ) | बुलबुलानाम् (bulabulānām) |
| locative | बुलबुले (bulabule) | बुलबुलयोः (bulabulayoḥ) | बुलबुलेषु (bulabuleṣu) |
| vocative | बुलबुल (bulabula) | बुलबुलौ (bulabulau) | बुलबुलाः (bulabulāḥ) |