Bulgarian

See also: bulgarian

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): Bulg.

Etymology

From Bulgaria +‎ -an or Bulgar +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən/, /bʊlˈɡɛɹi.ən/

• Audio (US):

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• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /bʊlˈɡɑɹi.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən

Adjective

Bulgarian (comparative more Bulgarian, superlative most Bulgarian)

1. Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.

Derived terms

• Bulgarian Hound
• Bulgarianization
• Bulgarianize
• Bulgarianness
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Bulgarian salad
• Bulgarian split squat

 

Translations

relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language

• Afrikaans: Bulgaars (af)
• Albanian: bullgar (sq) m, bullgare f
• Arabic: بُلْغَارِيّ (bulḡāriyy)
• Armenian: բուլղարական (hy) (bulġarakan)
• Aromanian: bulgãrescu, vurgãrescu, vãrgãrescu, vãryãrescu (male), bulgãreascã, vurgãreascã, vãrgãreascã, vãryãreascã (female)
• Asturian: búlgaru (ast)
• Azerbaijani: bolqar
• Basque: bulgariar
• Belarusian: балга́рскі (balhárski), баўга́рскі (baŭhárski) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: বুলগেরীয় (bn) (bulgeriẏo)
• Bulgarian: бъ́лгарски (bg) (bǎ́lgarski)
• Burmese: ဘူဂေးရီးယား (bhuge:ri:ya:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: булга́рьскый (bulhárʹskŷj)
• Catalan: búlgar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保加利亞的／保加利亚的 (zh) (Bǎojiālìyà de)

• Czech: bulharský (cs)
• Danish: bulgarsk (da)
• Dutch: Bulgaars (nl)
• Esperanto: bulgara (eo)
• Estonian: bulgaaria
• Faroese: bulgarskur
• Finnish: bulgarialainen (fi), bulgariankielinen
• French: bulgare (fr)
• Friulian: bulgar
• Galician: búlgaro (gl)
• Georgian: ბულგარული (bulgaruli)
• German: bulgarisch (de)
• Greek: βουλγαρικός (el) m (voulgarikós), βουλγάρικος (el) m (voulgárikos)
• Hawaiian: Pulukalia
• Hebrew: בּוּלְגָּרִי
• Hindi: बुल्गारियाई (bulgāriyāī)
• Hungarian: bolgár (hu)
• Icelandic: búlgarskur (is), búlgverskur
• Interlingua: bulgare
• Irish: Bulgárach
• Italian: bulgaro (it)
• Japanese: ブルガリアの (ja) (Burugaria no)
• Kazakh: болгар (bolgar)
• Khmer: ប៊ុលហ្គារី (bulgiərii)
• Korean: 불가리아의 (ko) (bulgariaui)
• Kyrgyz: болгар (bolgar)
• Lao: ບຸນກາຣີ (bun kā rī)
• Latin: bulgaricus
• Latvian: bulgāru, bulgārisks
• Lithuanian: bulgariškas (lt), bulgarų (lt)
• Macedonian: бугарски (bugarski)
• Malay: Bulgaria (ms)
• Maltese: Bulgaru
• Marathi: बल्गेरियन (balgeriyan)
• Mongolian: болгар (bolgar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bulgarsk (no)

  Nynorsk: bulgarsk (nn)

• Occitan: bulgar (oc)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: блъгарьскъ (blŭgarĭskŭ)

• Old English: Bulgarisċ
• Pashto: بلغاري
• Persian: بلغاری (fa) (bolğâri), بلغار (fa) (bolğâr)
• Polish: bułgarski (pl) m
• Portuguese: búlgaro (pt)
• Romanian: bulgar (ro), bulgăresc (ro)
• Russian: болга́рский (ru) (bolgárskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бу̏гарскӣ

  Roman: bȕgarskī (sh)

• Slovak: bulharský (sk)
• Slovene: bolgárski (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: please add this translation if you can

  Upper Sorbian: bołharski (hsb)

• Spanish: búlgaro (es)
• Swedish: bulgarisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Bulgaro (tl)
• Tajik: булғорӣ (tg) (bulġori)
• Tatar: болгар (tt) (bolgar)
• Telugu: బల్గేరియను (balgēriyanu)
• Thai: บัลแกเรีย (th) (ban-gɛɛ-riia)
• Turkish: Bulgar (tr)
• Turkmen: bolgar
• Ukrainian: болга́рський (uk) (bolhársʹkyj)
• Urdu: بلغاری (bulġārī)
• Uyghur: بۇلغار (bulghar)
• Uzbek: bolgar (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bun-ga-ri
• Yiddish: בולגאַריש (bulgarish)

Noun

Bulgarian (countable and uncountable, plural Bulgarians)

2. (countable) A native of Bulgaria.
4. (uncountable) The official language of Bulgaria.
5. (countable, exercise) Ellipsis of Bulgarian split squat.
   • 2020 October 27, Ebenezer Samuel, “These 10 Moves Will Build Monster Quads”, in Men's Health‎^[1]:

     Yes, Bulgarians attack glutes (and this one does too!) but all the pauses and pulses in this series will also exhaust your quads.

Derived terms

• Middle Bulgarian
• Old Bulgarian
• Protobulgarian

Translations

native of Bulgaria

• Afrikaans: Bulgaar (af)
• Albanian: bullgar (sq) m, bullgare f
• Arabic: بُلْغَارِيّ m (bulḡāriyy), بُلْغَارِيَّة (ar) f (bulḡāriyya)
• Armenian: բուլղարացի (bulġaracʻi)
• Aromanian: vurgar, vãrgar, vãryar, bulgar (male), vurgarã, vãrgarã, vãryarã, bulgarã (female)
• Asturian: búlgaru (ast) m, búlgara (ast) f, búlgaros (ast) m pl, búlgares (ast) f pl, búlgaru (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: bolqar
• Basque: bulgariar
• Belarusian: балга́рын m (balháryn), балга́рка f (balhárka), баўга́рын m (baŭháryn), баўга́рка f (baŭhárka) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: бъ́лгарин m (bǎ́lgarin), бъ́лгарка f (bǎ́lgarka)
• Catalan: búlgar (ca) m, búlgara (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保加利亞人／保加利亚人 (bǎojiālìyǎrén)

• Czech: Bulhar (cs) m, Bulharka (cs) f
• Danish: Bulgarer, Bulgarere pl
• Dutch: Bulgaar (nl) m, Bulgaarse (nl) f
• Estonian: bulgaarlane
• Faroese: bulgari m
• Finnish: bulgarialainen (fi)
• French: Bulgare (fr)
• Galician: búlgaro (gl) m
• Georgian: ბულგარელი (ka) (bulgareli)
• German: Bulgare (de) m, Bulgarin (de) f
• Greek: Βούλγαρος (el) m (Voúlgaros), Βουλγάρα (el) f (Voulgára)
• Hawaiian: Pulukalia
• Hungarian: bolgár (hu)
• Icelandic: Búlgari m, Búlgarar m pl
• Interlingua: bulgaro (ia) m, bulgara f
• Irish: Bulgárach m
• Italian: bulgaro (it) m, bulgara (it) f
• Japanese: ブルガリア人 (ja) (ブルガリアじん, burugariajin)
• Kazakh: бұлғар (būlğar)
• Khmer: ប៊ុលហ្គារី (bulgiərii)
• Korean: 불가리아인 (bulgariain), 불가리아 사람 (bulgaria saram)
• Kyrgyz: болгар (bolgar)
• Latvian: bulgārs m, bulgāriete f
• Lithuanian: bulgaras (lt) m, bulgarė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Бугарин m (Bugarin), Бугарка f (Bugarka)
• Malay: orang Bulgaria
• Maltese: Bulgaru m, Bulgara f
• Marathi: बल्गेरियन (balgeriyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bulgarer m

  Nynorsk: bulgar (nn) m, bulgarar (nn) m

• Persian: بلغاری (fa) (bolğâri), بلغار (fa) (bolğâr)
• Polish: Bułgar (pl) m pers, Bułgarka (pl) f; (archaic) Bułgarzyn m pers
• Portuguese: búlgaro (pt) m, búlgara f
• Romanian: bulgar (ro) m, bulgăroaică (ro) f, bulgară (ro) f
• Russian: болга́рин (ru) m (bolgárin), болга́рка (ru) f (bolgárka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бугарин m, бугаркиња f, бугарка f

  Roman: bugarin m, bugarkinja f, bugarka (sh) f

• Slovak: Bulhar (sk) m, Bulharka (sk) f
• Slovene: Bolgár (sl) m, Bolgárka f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Bulgaŕ m

  Upper Sorbian: Bołhar m

• Spanish: búlgaro (es) m, búlgara (es) f
• Swedish: bulgar (sv), bulgariska (sv)
• Tagalog: Bulgaro (tl)
• Tajik: булғор (bulġor)
• Tatar: болгар (tt) (bolgar)
• Telugu: బల్గేరియను (balgēriyanu)
• Turkish: Bulgar (tr), Bulgaristanlı
• Turkmen: bolgar
• Ukrainian: болга́рин (uk) m (bolháryn), болга́рка f (bolhárka)
• Uyghur: بۇلغار (bulghar)
• Uzbek: bolgar (uz)
• Vietnamese: người Bun-ga-ri

language

• Afrikaans: Bulgaars (af)
• Albanian: gjuha bullgare, bullgarisht (sq)
• Amharic: ቡልጋሪኛ (bulgariña)
• Arabic: بُلْغَارِيّ m (bulḡāriyy)
• Armenian: բուլղարերեն (hy) (bulġareren)
• Asturian: búlgaru (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: bolqar
• Basque: bulgariera (eu)
• Belarusian: балга́рская мо́ва f (balhárskaja móva), балга́рская (be) f (balhárskaja), баўга́рская f (baŭhárskaja)
• Breton: bulgareg (br)
• Bulgarian: бъ́лгарски ези́к m (bǎ́lgarski ezík), бъ́лгарски (bg) m (bǎ́lgarski)
• Catalan: búlgar (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏉᎸᎦᎵ (quolvgali)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保加利亞語／保加利亚语 (zh) (bǎojiālìyǎyǔ)

• Cornish: Bulgarek
• Czech: bulharština (cs)
• Danish: bulgarsk (da)
• Dutch: Bulgaars (nl) n
• Esperanto: bulgara lingvo
• Estonian: bulgaaria keel
• Faroese: bulgarskt (fo) n
• Finnish: bulgaria (fi), bulgarian kieli
• French: bulgare (fr) m
• Galician: búlgaro (gl) m
• Georgian: ბულგარული (bulgaruli), ბულგარული ენა (bulgaruli ena)
• German: Bulgarisch (de) n
• Greek: βουλγαρικά (el) n pl (voulgariká)
• Hebrew: בולגרית f (bulgarít)
• Hindi: बुलगारी (bulgārī)
• Hungarian: bolgár (hu)
• Icelandic: búlgarska (is), búlgverska f
• Indonesian: bahasa Bulgaria (id)
• Interlingua: bulgaro (ia)
• Irish: Bulgáiris f
• Italian: bulgaro (it) m
• Japanese: ブルガリア語 (ja) (ブルガリアご, burugariago)
• Khmer: ប៊ុលហ្គារី (bulgiərii)
• Korean: 불가리아어 (ko) (bulgaria'eo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Bulgarî, Bilgarî

• Latin: lingua Bulgarica
• Latvian: bulgāru, bulgāru valoda f
• Limburgish: Bölgaars (li), Bölgersj n
• Lithuanian: bulgarų (lt), bulgariškai
• Macedonian: бугарски m (bugarski)
• Malay: bahasa Bulgaria
• Maltese: il-Bulgaru
• Marathi: बल्गेरियन f (balgeriyan)
• Moksha: булгаронь (bulgaroń)
• Mongolian: болгар хэл (bolgar xel)
• Navajo: Bálgaa bizaad
• Nepali: बुल्गेरियाली (bulgeriyālī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bulgarsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: bulgarsk (nn) m

• Occitan: bulgar (oc) m
• Persian: بلغاری (fa) (bolğâri)
• Polish: (język) bułgarski (pl) m
• Portuguese: búlgaro (pt) m
• Romanian: bulgară (ro) f, limba bulgară f
• Russian: болга́рский (ru) m (bolgárskij) (язы́к)
• Scots: Bulgarie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бугарски m

  Roman: bugarski (sh) m

• Slovak: bulharčina (sk) f
• Slovene: bolgárščina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower: bulgaršćina f

  Upper: bołharšćina f

• Spanish: búlgaro (es) m
• Swahili: Kibulgaria
• Swedish: bulgariska (sv)
• Tagalog: wikang Bulgaro
• Tajik: булғорӣ (tg) (bulġori)
• Telugu: బల్గేరియను (balgēriyanu)
• Thai: ภาษาบัลแกเรีย (paa-sǎa ban-gɛɛ-riia)
• Tigrinya: ቡልጋሪኛ (bulgariña)
• Turkish: Bulgarca (tr)
• Ukrainian: болга́рська мо́ва f (bolhársʹka móva), болга́рська (uk) f (bolhársʹka)
• Urdu: بلغاری f (bulġārī)
• Uzbek: bolgar (uz), bolgarcha (uz)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Bun-ga-ri
• Walloon: bulgåre
• Welsh: Bwlgaraidd
• West Frisian: Bulgaarsk (fy)
• Yiddish: בולגאַריש n (bulgarish)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Bulgarian terms
• Appendix:Bulgarian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Bulgarian

Further reading

• Bulgarian–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code bg, ISO 639-3 code bul (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Bulgarian, bul ⁠

Anagrams

• biangular

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulɡaɾian/ [bul.ɣ̞a.ɾi.ãn]
• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: Bul‧ga‧ri‧an

Proper noun

Bulgarian

1. inessive indefinite of Bulgaria

Finnish

Proper noun

Bulgarian

1. genitive singular of Bulgaria