Bulgar

Meaning

Noun

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. A Bulgarian.

Adj

Of or relating to the Bulgars.

Name

1. The Turkic language of the Bulgar people.
2. A historical group of Turkic dialects, the only extant member of which is Chuvash.
3. Bulgarian, the South Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria.

Synonyms

Bulgarian

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Translations

Bulgare

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Bulgaar

búlgaro

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bulgaro

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búlgara

bulgare

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Bulgarin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʌlɡɑː/

Etymology

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”). Doublet of bugger.