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Bulgar

See also: bulgar, bulğar, búlgar, and Bułgar

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Etymology

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Proto-Turkic *bulga-der.
Proto-Turkic *bulgar
Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (b¹wl¹g¹a)
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Slavic *-inъ
Old Church Slavonic -инъ (-inŭ)
Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ)bor.
Medieval Latin Bulgarusbor.
English Bulgar

    From Medieval Latin Bulgarus, from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ), itself from the self designation of Turkic Bulgars, from Proto-Turkic *bulgar (“disturber, disturbing”), active noun/adjective of *bulga- (“to create a state of disorder; to stir, to disturb”). Displaced Old English Pulgare in the sense of "a Bulgarian", from the same Latin source. Doublet of bugger.

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    Bulgar (plural Bulgars)

    1. A member of a migratory Turkic people from Central Asia who conquered Moesia in the 7th century and settled what is now Bulgaria, and some of whom then migrated to the Volga basin to establish Volga Bulgaria.
    2. (rare) A Bulgarian.
      • 1953, Ian Fleming, “Two Men In Straw Hats”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 44:
        'They need say nothing of the third Bulgar who must have been hanging about somewhere, but they must get him at all costs. He will certainly head for Paris.'
      • 1957, Walter Phelps Hall, William Stearns Davis, The course of Europe since Waterloo, page 409:
        Prince Alexander of Battenberg […] was chosen by the Bulgars as their first ruler (1879).

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    Adjective

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    Bulgar (not comparable)

    1. Of or relating to the Bulgars.

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    Bulgar

    1. The Turkic language of the Bulgar people.
    2. A historical group of Turkic dialects, the only extant member of which is Chuvash.
    3. (rare) Bulgarian, the South Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria.
      • 1957, Walter Phelps Hall, William Stearns Davis, The course of Europe since Waterloo, page 409:
        Prince Alexander of Battenberg […] was erect, gallant, and a man of good will; but he lacked tact, was unable to speak Bulgar, and was soon lost in a maze of intrigue.
      • 1965, Alfred A. Knopf, Europe since Napoleon, page 433:
        In 1879 they elected as king Alexander of Battenberg, a nephew of the Tsarina and a gallant, well-meaning young man who, if he did not speak Bulgar, was sufficiently German by birth and training to be hostile to Russia.

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    Luxembourgish

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    Noun

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    Bulgar m (plural Bulgaren, feminine Bulgarin)

    1. Bulgarian
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    From bulgar.

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    Bulgar m (genitive/dative lui Bulgar)

    1. a surname originating as an ethnonym

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    Etymology

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    Ultimately from Medieval Latin Bulgarus; see Bulgar above. Doublet of bulamak, which is inherited from Proto-Turkic *bulga-

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    • IPA(key): /buɫˈɡaɾ/
    • Hyphenation: Bul‧gar

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    Bulgar

    1. Bulgarian (of or relating to Bulgaria or the Bulgarian people)

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    Bulgar

    1. Bulgarian (native of Bulgaria or ethnically Bulgarian person)

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