Arabic origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “nightingale”
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلبل (bülbül), from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul, “nightingale”), from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
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- Wiktionary: BylbylCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

