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UK:/bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A native of Bulgaria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The official language of Bulgaria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Ellipsis of Bulgarian split squat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
Topics: exercise, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
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5
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the Bulgarian capital is Sofia
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language
7
noun
Meaning 7
a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
History
Etymology
From Bulgaria + -an or Bulgar + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
311 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Bulgaars
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Albanian:
bullgar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Albanian:
bullgare
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Arabic:
بُلْغَارِيّ
(bulḡāriyy)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Armenian:
բուլղարական
(bulġarakan)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Aromanian:
bulgãrescu
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Aromanian:
vurgãrescu
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Aromanian:
vãrgãrescu
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Aromanian:
vãryãrescu
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Aromanian:
bulgãreascã
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Aromanian:
vurgãreascã
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Aromanian:
vãrgãreascã
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Aromanian:
vãryãreascã
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Asturian:
búlgaru
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Azerbaijani:
bolqar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Basque:
bulgariar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Belarusian:
балга́рскі
(balhárski)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Belarusian:
баўга́рскі
(bawhárski)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Bengali:
বুলগেরীয়
(bulgeriẏo)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Bulgarian:
бъ́лгарски
(bǎ́lgarski)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Burmese:
ဘူဂေးရီးယား
(bhuge:ri:ya:)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Carpathian Rusyn:
булга́рьскый
(bulhárʹskŷj)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Catalan:
búlgar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Chinese Cantonese:
保加利亞的 /保加利亚的
(bou2 gaa1 lei6 aa3 dik1)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Chinese Mandarin:
保加利亞的 /保加利亚的
(Bǎojiālìyà de)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Czech:
bulharský
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Danish:
bulgarsk
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Dutch:
Bulgaars
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Esperanto:
bulgara
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Estonian:
bulgaaria
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Faroese:
bulgarskur
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Finnish:
bulgarialainen
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Finnish:
bulgariankielinen
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
French:
bulgare
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Friulian:
bulgar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Galician:
búlgaro
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Georgian:
ბულგარული
(bulgaruli)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
German:
bulgarisch
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Greek:
βουλγαρικός
(voulgarikós)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Greek:
βουλγάρικος
(voulgárikos)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Hawaiian:
Pulukalia
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Hebrew:
בּוּלְגָּרִי
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Hindi:
बुल्गारियाई
(bulgāriyāī)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Hungarian:
bolgár
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Icelandic:
búlgarskur
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Icelandic:
búlgverskur
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Interlingua:
bulgare
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Irish:
Bulgárach
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Italian:
bulgaro
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Japanese:
ブルガリアの
(Burugaria no)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Kazakh:
болгар
(bolgar)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Khmer:
ប៊ុលហ្គារី
(bulgiərii)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Korean:
불가리아의
(Bulgaria-ui)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Kyrgyz:
болгар
(bolgar)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Lao:
ບຸນກາຣີ
(bun kā rī)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Latin:
bulgaricus
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Latvian:
bulgāru
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Latvian:
bulgārisks
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Lithuanian:
bulgariškas
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Lithuanian:
bulgarų
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Macedonian:
бугарски
(bugarski)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Malay:
Bulgaria
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Maltese:
Bulgaru
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Marathi:
बल्गेरियन
(balgeriyan)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Mongolian:
болгар
(bolgar)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Norwegian Bokmål:
bulgarsk
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bulgarsk
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Occitan:
bulgar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Church Slavic:
блъгарьскъ
(blŭgarĭskŭ)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Old English:
Bulgarisċ
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Pannonian Rusyn:
болгарски
(bolharski)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Pashto:
بلغاري
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Persian:
بلغاری
(bolġâri)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Persian:
بلغار
(bolġâr)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Polish:
bułgarski
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Portuguese:
búlgaro
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Romanian:
bulgar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Romanian:
bulgăresc
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Russian:
болга́рский
(bolgárskij)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Serbo-Croatian:
бу̏гарскӣ
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Serbo-Croatian:
bȕgarskī
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Slovak:
bulharský
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Slovene:
bolgárski
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Upper Sorbian:
bołharski
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Spanish:
búlgaro
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Swedish:
bulgarisk
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Tagalog:
Bulgaro
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Tajik:
булғорӣ
(bulġori)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Tatar:
болгар
(bolğar)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Telugu:
బల్గేరియను
(balgēriyanu)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Thai:
บัลแกเรีย
(ban-gɛɛ-riia)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Turkish:
Bulgar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Turkmen:
bolgar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Ukrainian:
болга́рський
(bolhársʹkyj)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Urdu:
بلغاری
(bulġārī)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Uyghur:
بۇلغار
(bulghar)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Uzbek:
bolgar
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Vietnamese:
Bun-ga-ri
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Yiddish:
בולגאַריש
(bulgarish)
— relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
Afrikaans:
Bulgaar
— native of Bulgaria
Albanian:
bullgar
— native of Bulgaria
Albanian:
bullgare
— native of Bulgaria
Arabic:
بُلْغَارِيّ
(bulḡāriyy)
— native of Bulgaria
Arabic:
بُلْغَارِيَّة
(bulḡāriyya)
— native of Bulgaria
Armenian:
բուլղարացի
(bulġaracʻi)
— native of Bulgaria
Aromanian:
vurgar
— native of Bulgaria
Aromanian:
vãrgar
— native of Bulgaria
Aromanian:
vãryar
— native of Bulgaria
Aromanian:
bulgar
— native of Bulgaria
Aromanian:
vurgarã
— native of Bulgaria
Aromanian:
vãrgarã
— native of Bulgaria
Aromanian:
vãryarã
— native of Bulgaria
Aromanian:
bulgarã
— native of Bulgaria
Asturian:
búlgaru
— native of Bulgaria
Asturian:
búlgara
— native of Bulgaria
Asturian:
búlgaros
— native of Bulgaria
Asturian:
búlgares
— native of Bulgaria
Azerbaijani:
bolqar
— native of Bulgaria
Basque:
bulgariar
— native of Bulgaria
Belarusian:
балга́рын
(balháryn)
— native of Bulgaria
Belarusian:
балга́рка
(balhárka)
— native of Bulgaria
Belarusian:
баўга́рын
(bawháryn)
— native of Bulgaria
Belarusian:
баўга́рка
(bawhárka)
— native of Bulgaria
Bulgarian:
бъ́лгарин
(bǎ́lgarin)
— native of Bulgaria
Bulgarian:
бъ́лгарка
(bǎ́lgarka)
— native of Bulgaria
Bulgarian:
българче
(bǎ́lgarče)
— native of Bulgaria
Catalan:
búlgar
— native of Bulgaria
Catalan:
búlgara
— native of Bulgaria
Chinese Mandarin:
保加利亞人 /保加利亚人
(bǎojiālìyǎrén)
— native of Bulgaria
Czech:
Bulhar
— native of Bulgaria
Czech:
Bulharka
— native of Bulgaria
Danish:
Bulgarer
— native of Bulgaria
Danish:
Bulgarere
— native of Bulgaria
Dutch:
Bulgaar
— native of Bulgaria
Dutch:
Bulgaarse
— native of Bulgaria
Estonian:
bulgaarlane
— native of Bulgaria
Faroese:
bulgari
— native of Bulgaria
Finnish:
bulgarialainen
— native of Bulgaria
French:
Bulgare
— native of Bulgaria
Galician:
búlgaro
— native of Bulgaria
Georgian:
ბულგარელი
(bulgareli)
— native of Bulgaria
German:
Bulgare
— native of Bulgaria
German:
Bulgarin
— native of Bulgaria
Greek:
Βούλγαρος
(Voúlgaros)
— native of Bulgaria
Greek:
Βουλγάρα
(Voulgára)
— native of Bulgaria
Hawaiian:
Pulukalia
— native of Bulgaria
Hungarian:
bolgár
— native of Bulgaria
Icelandic:
Búlgari
— native of Bulgaria
Icelandic:
Búlgarar
— native of Bulgaria
Interlingua:
bulgaro
— native of Bulgaria
Interlingua:
bulgara
— native of Bulgaria
Irish:
Bulgárach
— native of Bulgaria
Italian:
bulgaro
— native of Bulgaria
Italian:
bulgara
— native of Bulgaria
Japanese:
ブルガリア人
(burugariajin)
— native of Bulgaria
Kazakh:
бұлғар
(būlğar)
— native of Bulgaria
Khmer:
ប៊ុលហ្គារី
(bulgiərii)
— native of Bulgaria
Korean:
불가리아인
(bulgariain)
— native of Bulgaria
Korean:
불가리아 사람
(bulgaria saram)
— native of Bulgaria
Kyrgyz:
болгар
(bolgar)
— native of Bulgaria
Latvian:
bulgārs
— native of Bulgaria
Latvian:
bulgāriete
— native of Bulgaria
Lithuanian:
bulgaras
— native of Bulgaria
Lithuanian:
bulgarė
— native of Bulgaria
Macedonian:
Бугарин
(Bugarin)
— native of Bulgaria
Macedonian:
Бугарка
(Bugarka)
— native of Bulgaria
Malay:
orang Bulgaria
— native of Bulgaria
Maltese:
Bulgaru
— native of Bulgaria
Maltese:
Bulgara
— native of Bulgaria
Marathi:
बल्गेरियन
(balgeriyan)
— native of Bulgaria
Norwegian Bokmål:
bulgarer
— native of Bulgaria
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bulgar
— native of Bulgaria
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bulgarar
— native of Bulgaria
Pannonian Rusyn:
Болгар
(Bolhar)
— native of Bulgaria
Pannonian Rusyn:
Болгарка
(Bolharka)
— native of Bulgaria
Persian:
بلغاری
(bolġâri)
— native of Bulgaria
Persian:
بلغار
(bolġâr)
— native of Bulgaria
Polish:
Bułgar
— native of Bulgaria
Polish:
Bułgarka
— native of Bulgaria
Polish:
Bułgarzyn
— native of Bulgaria
Portuguese:
búlgaro
— native of Bulgaria
Portuguese:
búlgara
— native of Bulgaria
Romanian:
bulgar
— native of Bulgaria
Romanian:
bulgăroaică
— native of Bulgaria
Romanian:
bulgară
— native of Bulgaria
Russian:
болга́рин
(bolgárin)
— native of Bulgaria
Russian:
болга́рка
(bolgárka)
— native of Bulgaria
Serbo-Croatian:
бугарин
— native of Bulgaria
Serbo-Croatian:
бугаркиња
— native of Bulgaria
Serbo-Croatian:
бугарка
— native of Bulgaria
Serbo-Croatian:
bugarin
— native of Bulgaria
Serbo-Croatian:
bugarkinja
— native of Bulgaria
Serbo-Croatian:
bugarka
— native of Bulgaria
Slovak:
Bulhar
— native of Bulgaria
Slovak:
Bulharka
— native of Bulgaria
Slovene:
Bolgár
— native of Bulgaria
Slovene:
Bolgárka
— native of Bulgaria
Lower Sorbian:
Bulgaŕ
— native of Bulgaria
Upper Sorbian:
Bołhar
— native of Bulgaria
Spanish:
búlgaro
— native of Bulgaria
Spanish:
búlgara
— native of Bulgaria
Swedish:
bulgar
— native of Bulgaria
Swedish:
bulgariska
— native of Bulgaria
Tagalog:
Bulgaro
— native of Bulgaria
Tajik:
булғор
(bulġor)
— native of Bulgaria
Tatar:
болгар
(bolğar)
— native of Bulgaria
Telugu:
బల్గేరియను
(balgēriyanu)
— native of Bulgaria
Turkish:
Bulgar
— native of Bulgaria
Turkish:
Bulgaristanlı
— native of Bulgaria
Turkmen:
bolgar
— native of Bulgaria
Ukrainian:
болга́рин
(bolháryn)
— native of Bulgaria
Ukrainian:
болга́рка
(bolhárka)
— native of Bulgaria
Uyghur:
بۇلغار
(bulghar)
— native of Bulgaria
Uzbek:
bolgar
— native of Bulgaria
Vietnamese:
người Bun-ga-ri
— native of Bulgaria
Afrikaans:
Bulgaars
— language
Albanian:
gjuha bullgare
— language
Albanian:
bullgarisht
— language
Amharic:
ቡልጋሪኛ
(bulgariña)
— language
Arabic:
بُلْغَارِيّ
(bulḡāriyy)
— language
Armenian:
բուլղարերեն
(bulġareren)
— language
Asturian:
búlgaru
— language
Azerbaijani:
bolqar
— language
Basque:
bulgariera
— language
Belarusian:
балга́рская мо́ва
(balhárskaja móva)
— language
Belarusian:
балга́рская
(balhárskaja)
— language
Belarusian:
баўга́рская
(bawhárskaja)
— language
Breton:
bulgareg
— language
Bulgarian:
бъ́лгарски ези́к
(bǎ́lgarski ezík)
— language
Bulgarian:
бъ́лгарски
(bǎ́lgarski)
— language
Catalan:
búlgar
— language
Cherokee:
ᏉᎸᎦᎵ
(quolvgali)
— language
Chinese Mandarin:
保加利亞語 /保加利亚语
(bǎojiālìyǎyǔ)
— language
Cornish:
Bulgarek
— language
Czech:
bulharština
— language
Danish:
bulgarsk
— language
Dutch:
Bulgaars
— language
Esperanto:
bulgara lingvo
— language
Estonian:
bulgaaria keel
— language
Faroese:
bulgarskt
— language
Finnish:
bulgaria
— language
Finnish:
bulgarian kieli
— language
French:
bulgare
— language
West-Frisian:
Bulgaarsk
— language
Galician:
búlgaro
— language
Georgian:
ბულგარული
(bulgaruli)
— language
Georgian:
ბულგარული ენა
(bulgaruli ena)
— language
German:
Bulgarisch
— language
Greek:
βουλγαρικά
(voulgariká)
— language
Hebrew:
בולגרית
(bulgarít)
— language
Hindi:
बुलगारी
(bulgārī)
— language
Hungarian:
bolgár
— language
Icelandic:
búlgarska
— language
Indonesian:
bahasa Bulgaria
— language
Interlingua:
bulgaro
— language
Irish:
Bulgáiris
— language
Italian:
bulgaro
— language
Japanese:
ブルガリア語
(burugariago)
— language
Khmer:
ប៊ុលហ្គារី
(bulgiərii)
— language
Korean:
불가리아어
(bulgaria'eo)
— language
Northern Kurdish:
Bulgarî
— language
Northern Kurdish:
Bilgarî
— language
Latin:
lingua Bulgarica
— language
Latvian:
bulgāru
— language
Latvian:
bulgāru valoda
— language
Limburgish:
Bölgaars
— language
Limburgish:
Bölgersj
— language
Lithuanian:
bulgarų
— language
Lithuanian:
bulgariškai
— language
Macedonian:
бугарски
(bugarski)
— language
Malay:
bahasa Bulgaria
— language
Maltese:
il-Bulgaru
— language
Marathi:
बल्गेरियन
(balgeriyan)
— language
Moksha:
булгаронь
(bulgaroń)
— language
Mongolian:
болгар хэл
(bolgar xel)
— language
Navajo:
Bálgaa bizaad
— language
Nepali:
बुल्गेरियाली
(bulgeriyālī)
— language
Norwegian Bokmål:
bulgarsk
— language
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bulgarsk
— language
Occitan:
bulgar
— language
Persian:
بلغاری
(bolġâri)
— language
Polish:
(język) bułgarski
— language
Portuguese:
búlgaro
— language
Romanian:
bulgară
— language
Romanian:
limba bulgară
— language
Russian:
болга́рский
(bolgárskij)
— language
Scots:
Bulgarie
— language
Serbo-Croatian:
бугарски
— language
Serbo-Croatian:
bugarski
— language
Slovak:
bulharčina
— language
Slovene:
bolgárščina
— language
Lower Sorbian:
bulgaršćina
— language
Upper Sorbian:
bołharšćina
— language
Spanish:
búlgaro
— language
Swahili:
Kibulgaria
— language
Swedish:
bulgariska
— language
Tagalog:
wikang Bulgaro
— language
Tajik:
булғорӣ
(bulġori)
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Telugu:
బల్గేరియను
(balgēriyanu)
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Thai:
ภาษาบัลแกเรีย
(paa-sǎa ban-gɛɛ-riia)
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Tigrinya:
ቡልጋሪኛ
(bulgariña)
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Turkish:
Bulgarca
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Ukrainian:
болга́рська мо́ва
(bolhársʹka móva)
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