Bulgarian
UK/bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən//bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən/
Bulgarian adjective: relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language. Also the ellipsis of Bulgarian split squat.
Adjective
Bulgarian (comparative more Bulgarian, superlative most Bulgarian)
- Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.
- Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022
Noun
Bulgarian (countable and uncountable, plural Bulgarians)
- A native of Bulgaria.
- Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness.2014, Raymond Detrez, Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 305
- The official language of Bulgaria.
- The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian.2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022
Also used as
Bulgarian is also the ellipsis of Bulgarian split squat.
Bulgarian meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Bulgarian in Hindi
- relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
- बुल्गारियाई bulgāriyāī
- language
- बुलगारी bulgārī
Bulgarian in Marathi
- relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
- बल्गेरियन balgeriyan
- native of Bulgaria
- बल्गेरियन balgeriyan
- language
- बल्गेरियन balgeriyan
Bulgarian in Urdu
- relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
- بلغاری bulġārī
- language
- بلغاری bulġārī
Bulgarian in Bengali
- relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language
- বুলগেরীয় bulgeriẏo
More languagesFewer languages
- Bulgarian in Telugu
- బల్గేరియను balgēriyanu
- Bulgarian in Nepali
- बुल्गेरियाली bulgeriyālī
- Bulgarian in Pashto
- بلغاري
- Bulgarian in Tagalog
- Bulgaro, wikang Bulgaro
- Bulgarian in Arabic
- بُلْغَارِيّ bulḡāriyy, بُلْغَارِيَّة bulḡāriyya
- Bulgarian in Malay
- Bulgaria, orang Bulgaria, bahasa Bulgaria
- Bulgarian in Indonesian
- bahasa Bulgaria
- Bulgarian in Persian
- بلغاری bolġâri, بلغار bolġâr
- Bulgarian in Thai
- บัลแกเรีย ban-gɛɛ-riia, ภาษาบัลแกเรีย paa-sǎa ban-gɛɛ-riia
- Bulgarian in Vietnamese
- Bun-ga-ri, người Bun-ga-ri, tiếng Bun-ga-ri
- Bulgarian in Myanmar
- ဘူဂေးရီးယား bhuge:ri:ya:
Forms of Bulgarian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Bulgarian |
| superlative | most Bulgarian |
| alternative abbreviation | Bulg. |
| Noun | |
| plural | Bulgarians |
Origin of Bulgarian
From Bulgaria + -an or Bulgar + -ian.
Words formed from Bulgarian
- Bulgarian Hound
- Bulgarianization
- Bulgarianize
- Bulgarianness
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Bulgarian salad
- Bulgarian split squat
- Bulgrecian
- Middle Bulgarian
- Old Bulgarian
- Protobulgarian
Phrases with Bulgarian
Words that rhyme with Bulgarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- agrarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
- antilapsarian
Questions about Bulgarian
- What does Bulgarian mean?
- Bulgarian means relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.
- What is Bulgarian in Hindi?
- Bulgarian in Hindi is बुल्गारियाई (bulgāriyāī), बुलगारी (bulgārī). See Bulgarian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Bulgarian?
- Bulgarian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Bulgarian?
- Bulgarian is pronounced /bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/ (UK).
Words near Bulgarian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Bulgarian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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