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Bulgarian

Bulgarian

4 2.3
A person who is from Bulgaria
  • noun
  • /bʌlˈɡɛr.i.ən/
translation icon : búlgaro
  • GEORGE: Here come the Bulgarians!

The next day, the Germans, Bulgarians and Turks mopped up the West Bank of the Argus.

Examples

  • At the beginning of the transition, most Bulgarians entertained high hopes for improving environmental quality.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The Bulgarians gathered in the town square to celebrate their national holiday.

  • Well, Bulgarians are upset about losing control.

  • The Bulgarians send their thanks.

  • First, Bulgarians have taken positive steps on the road to a clean environment.

    Academic text (1995)
  • It's the Bulgarians who speak Russian, not the other way around.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And the Americans hate that the Bulgarians are slowing down the transition so much.

  • Sofia, the national capital and home to one in eight Bulgarians, particularly suffered from industrial pollution.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Early medieval Europe also saw the arrival of the Avars and Bulgarians in the 6th century.

    Blog text (16)
  • Bulgarians abandoned Greek-controlled areas of Macedonia; Greeks fled from regions of Macedonia ceded to Bulgaria and Serbia.

    Academic text (2008)

Compounds

A language spoken mainly in Bulgaria that uses the Cyrillic alphabet

Old Bulgarian
  • Literature
9.9

A very old Slavic language used in the 9th–11th centuries for early Bible translations

9.9

A first Slavic written language used to translate the Bible and church texts in the Middle Ages

Surface Forms

Bulgarian singular
Bulgarians plural

Morphology

Bulgarian = Bulgaria (transparent) = Bulgaria + ian

The demonym is transparently formed from the country name using the common suffix '-ian'.

Etymology

Bulgarian for a person comes from the name Bulgaria, which comes from the Bulgars who settled the area long ago. So, a Bulgarian is 'someone from Bulgaria'.