- a songbird referred to in Persian poetry, perhaps a nightingale
- any of a family (Pycnonotidae) of small, dull-colored passerine birds of Asia and Africa
Origin of bulbul
Pers: probably echoicbulbul
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bulbul
noun
- Any of various passerine, chiefly tropical Old World songbirds of the family Pycnonotidae, most of which have grayish or brownish plumage.
- A songbird often mentioned in Persian poetry and thought to be a nightingale.
Origin of bulbul
Persian from ArabicTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
See also: bülbül(plural bulbuls)
- Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae, native to Africa and parts of Asia, sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.
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