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- Arabic · derived fromبُلْبُل
- Classical Persian · borrowed fromبلبل
- English todaybulbul
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bulbul
Today it means: Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia. Full definition →
Classical Persian بلبل ← Arabic بُلْبُل