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Bulbul

//ˈbʊlbʊl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia.
  2. 2
    nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.

    "The infant buds, impatient to look around them, rend their green garments and unfold their eyes; while every tree, on which the bulbul ſings, flutters with joy on the wings of their thouſand leaves."

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).

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