Bulgarian

See also: bulgarian

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Bulgaria +‎ -an or Bulgar +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən/, /bʊlˈɡɛɹi.ən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • (Philippines) IPA(key): /bʊlˈɡɑɹi.ən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən

Adjective

Bulgarian (comparative more Bulgarian, superlative most Bulgarian)

  1. Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.
    • 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC[1]:
      Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Bulgarian (countable and uncountable, plural Bulgarians)

  1. (countable) A native of Bulgaria.
    • 2014, Raymond Detrez, Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 305:
      Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness.
  2. (uncountable) The official language of Bulgaria.
  3. (countable, exercise) Ellipsis of Bulgarian split squat.
    • 2020 October 27, Ebenezer Samuel, “These 10 Moves Will Build Monster Quads”, in Men's Health[2]:
      Yes, Bulgarians attack glutes (and this one does too!) but all the pauses and pulses in this series will also exhaust your quads.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Bulgarian terms
  • Appendix:Bulgarian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Bulgarian

Further reading

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bulɡaɾian/ [bul.ɣ̞a.ɾi.ãn]
  • Rhymes: -ian, -an
  • Hyphenation: Bul‧ga‧ri‧an

Proper noun

Bulgarian

  1. inessive indefinite of Bulgaria

Finnish

Proper noun

Bulgarian

  1. genitive singular of Bulgaria