"bulbul" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʊlbʊl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bulbul.wav Forms: bulbuls [plural]
Etymology: From Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fa-cls|بلبل|tr=bulbul}} Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul), {{bor|en|ar|بُلْبُل}} Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bulbul (plural bulbuls)
  1. Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia. Categories (lifeform): Bulbuls Translations (bird of the family Pycnonotidae): tiptolle (Afrikaans), بُلْبُل (bulbul) [masculine] (Arabic), بلبل (bulbul) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), (Chinese Mandarin), (bēi) (Chinese Mandarin), buulbuul [masculine] (Dutch), bulbuli (Finnish), bulbul [masculine] (French), Bülbül [masculine] (German), בולבול (bulbul) (Hebrew), बुलबुल (bulbul) [feminine] (Hindi), अंदलीब (andlīb) [feminine] (Hindi), हजारदास्ताँ (hajārdāstā̃) [masculine] (Hindi), merbah (Indonesian), cucak (Indonesian), bulbul (Indonesian), bulbul [masculine] (Italian), (hiyodori) (Japanese), cucak (Javanese), بُلبُل (bulbul) (Kashmiri), biulbiulis [masculine] (Lithuanian), ବୁଲବୁଲ୍ (bulôbul) (Odia), بلبل (bolbol) (Persian), هزاردستان (hezârdastân) (Persian), شباهنگ (šabâhang) (Persian), bilbil [masculine] (Polish), бюльбюль (bjulʹbjulʹ) [masculine] (Russian), bulbul [masculine] (Spanish), بلبل (bulbul) [feminine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-bulbul-en-noun-gQcQXg8P Disambiguation of Bulbuls: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'bird of the family Pycnonotidae': 88 12
  2. Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.
    Sense id: en-bulbul-en-noun-NUuqTWZ- Categories (other): Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Javanese translations, Terms with Kashmiri translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Odia translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Javanese translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Kashmiri translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Odia translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: bristlebill, brownbul, Chinese bulbul, greenbul, leaflove, orange-spotted bulbul, pale-vented bulbul, red-whiskered bulbul, sooty-headed bulbul, straw-headed bulbul, streak-eared bulbul, yellow-vented bulbul

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      "expansion": "Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bulbuls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bulbul (plural bulbuls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "bristlebill"
    },
    {
      "word": "brownbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chinese bulbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "greenbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "leaflove"
    },
    {
      "word": "orange-spotted bulbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "pale-vented bulbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "red-whiskered bulbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "sooty-headed bulbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "straw-headed bulbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "streak-eared bulbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "yellow-vented bulbul"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "passerine",
          "passerine"
        ],
        [
          "songbird",
          "songbird"
        ],
        [
          "Pycnonotidae",
          "Pycnonotidae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Africa",
          "Africa"
        ],
        [
          "Eurasia",
          "Eurasia"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v",
          "text": "The infant buds, impatient to look around them, rend their green garments and unfold their eyes; while every tree, on which the bulbul ſings, flutters with joy on the wings of their thouſand leaves.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1904, Saki, “Reginald's Rubaiyat”, in Reginald",
          "text": "‘Of course, if you want something really Persian and passionate, with red wine and bulbuls in it,’ I went on to suggest; but she grabbed the book from me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Middle East",
          "Middle East"
        ],
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "nightingale",
          "nightingale"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʊlbʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bulbul.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bulbul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bulbul.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bulbul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bulbul.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "tiptolle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bulbul",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بُلْبُل"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bulbul",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بلبل"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "鵯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bēi",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "鹎"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buulbuul"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "bulbuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bülbül"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bulbul",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "בולבול"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bulbul",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "बुलबुल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "andlīb",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अंदलीब"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hajārdāstā̃",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "हजारदास्ताँ"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "merbah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "cucak"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "bulbul"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiyodori",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "鵯"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "cucak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ks",
      "lang": "Kashmiri",
      "roman": "bulbul",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "بُلبُل"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biulbiulis"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "bulôbul",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "ବୁଲବୁଲ୍"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bolbol",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "بلبل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hezârdastân",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "هزاردستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šabâhang",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "word": "شباهنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bilbil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bjulʹbjulʹ",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бюльбюль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulbul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bulbul",
      "sense": "bird of the family Pycnonotidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بلبل"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "bulbul"
  ],
  "word": "bulbul"
}

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