bulbul
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbʌl.bəl/
- Indian
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bulbul
- The crowing of the roosters and the lowing of the hungry calves are no longer heard in the village, but the bulbuls, as in the days when we first came here, still chatter every morning and tell their unchanging dreams.
Examples
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She made herself a loose turban of a towel and thus solidly enveloped, she remembered the cesm-i bulbul bottle and decided to run it under the tap to bring the glass to life.
Fiction book (1994) -
Six journalists were moderately injured, five of whom were identified as Darwish Bulbul, Ibrahim Labed, Muhammad al-Akhras, and Hazem al-Daour, all al-Quds TV employees.
Blog text (18) -
'I'm not an expert in glass,' he said, 'It could be cesm-i bulbul.'
Fiction book (1994) -
The kutturr and the bulbuls fell silent.
Fiction book (1996) -
Bulbuls warbled; he looked for, but could not see their nest.
Fiction book (1996) -
Bulbul 1.27.12 at 1:05 PM
Blog text (33) -
I will sell it to you as if it were Venetian because you like it, and you may imagine it is cesm-i bulbul, and perhaps it will be, is, that is.
Fiction book (1994) -
Bulbuls and hoopoes of a bygone age.
Fiction book (1994) -
I am early and spend my time watching Yellow-vented Bulbuls in the trees outside the Knesset grounds until two armed guards drive over and ask if I am taking pictures.
Academic text (2001) -
The sweet melody of the bulbul filled the garden as the sun began to rise.
Synonyms
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4.4
A small bird that sings beautifully at night
9
2.8
A small brown bird that sings beautifully
5
6.7
A small brown bird that sings while flying high above fields
A small songbird in Europe called the nightingale that sings loudly at night
A group of small singing birds called nightingales that live in Europe, Asia, and Africa
A large nightingale that sings loudly in eastern European forests
A large songbird from eastern Europe that sings a rich, beautiful song
A small bird that sings a very beautiful song
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bulbul comes from Persian and Arabic and copies the sound the bird makes, so its name sounds like 'bul-bul'. In Persian poetry the bulbul is often praised like the English nightingale, a sweet-singing bird, which is why the word means a melodious songbird.