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Bulgarian

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/
  • US: /bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən/
  • US: /bʊlˈɡɛɹi.ən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Philippines: /bʊlˈɡɑɹi.ən/
  • rhymes with -ɛəɹiən
  • CMU ARPABET: B AH0 L G EH1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A native of Bulgaria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The official language of Bulgaria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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) — language
  • Telugu: బల్గేరియను (balgēriyanu) — language
  • Thai: ภาษาบัลแกเรีย (paa-sǎa ban-gɛɛ-riia) — language
  • Tigrinya: ቡልጋሪኛ (bulgariña) — language
  • Turkish: Bulgarca — language
  • Ukrainian: болга́рська мо́ва (bolhársʹka móva) — language
  • Ukrainian: болга́рська (bolhársʹka) — language
  • Urdu: بلغاری (bulġārī) — language
  • Uzbek: bolgar — language
  • Uzbek: bolgarcha — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Bun-ga-ri — language
  • Walloon: bulgåre — language
  • Welsh: Bwlgaraidd — language
  • Yiddish: בולגאַריש (bulgarish) — language
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