bulan

See also: Bulan

Languages (44)

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Alangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulán

1. moon

Azerbaijani

Participle

bulan

1. subject non-past participle of bulmaq

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Balinese

Romanization

bulan

1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬮᬦ᭄.

Baram Kayan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Bikol Central

bulan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.l̪an̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

búlan (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Derived terms

• bulan-bulan
• bulanan
• bulanon

 

Related terms

• lakad-bulan

 

See also

• aldaw
• banaag
• dulom
• saldang
• silaw
• sirang

 

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulan (compare Malay bulan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulan/
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bolan — archaic spelling
• buwan — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation 1

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.l̪ɐn̪]
• (l-eliding dialects) IPA^(key): /ˈbuwan/ [ˈbu.wɐn̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. the Moon
   1. moon of other planets
2. month

Derived terms

Derived terms

• binulan (“monthly; to do something monthly”)
• binulanan (“household help”)
• buhi ang bulan (“first day of the first quarter”)
• bulan-bulan (“every month”)
• bulanbulan (“tarpon; moon shell with edible flesh”)
• bulanon (“moonlight; having a weak eyesight”)
• dulom nga bulan (“third quarter, waning gibbous”)
• haya ang bulan (“horizontal crescent moon”)
• himatayon nga bulan (“third quarter, waning crescent”)
• katin ang bulan (“waning half-moon”)
• lakad ang bulan (“second quarter, waxing gibbous”)
• lunod ang bulan (“new moon”)
• pabulan (“to hire as a servant”)
• patay ang bulan (“new moon”)
• payong sa bulan (“visible ring around the moon”)
• pilok nga bulan (“third quarter, waning gibbous”)
• subang ang bulan (“first quarter, waxing crescent”)
• udtong bulan (“waxing half-moon”)
• udtong lunod ang bulan (“waning half-moon”)

Pronunciation 2

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /buˈlan/ [bʊˈl̪an̪]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /buˈan/ [ˈbwan̪]

Verb

bulán (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. to hire a servant

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulan.

References

• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 69
• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[2] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Dairi Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Galician

Verb

bulan

1. inflection of bulir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lɐn]
• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜳᜮᜨ᜴)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)

See also

• Bulan
• bulan-bulan
• kanaw

 

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 89

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

búlan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lan]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• boelan (obsolete, pre-1947)

Etymology

From Malay bulan, from Classical Malay bulan, from Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Doublet of rembulan and wulan. The sense “any natural satellite of a planet” is a semantic loan from Dutch maan (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lan]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (first-person possessive bulanku, second-person possessive bulanmu, third-person possessive bulannya)

1. moon:
   1. largest natural satellite of planet Earth.

      Bulan malam ini sangat bulat. ― The moon is very round tonight.

      Pada tahun 1969, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin menjadi manusia pertama yang menginjakkan kakinya di permukaan Bulan.

      In 1969, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first person to walk the Moon's surface.

   2. any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet.

      Bulan Titan yang mengorbit planet Saturnus memiliki kandungan hidrokarbon yang signifikan.

      The moon Titan, that orbits Saturn, has significant numbers of hydrocarbon.

2. month (period into which a year is divided)

   Kami harus membayar tagihan air setiap bulan.

   We have to pay the water bill every month.

Synonyms

• (natural satellite of a planet): satelit, satelit alami
• (moon): candra, kamar, rembulan, sasi
• (month): purnama, wulan

Derived terms

• berbulan
• berbulan-bulan
• bulan-bulanan
• bulanan
• membulan
• membulan-bulani

 

• bulan bahasa dan sastra
• bulan baru
• bulan bintang
• bulan biru
• bulan darah
• bulan dimakan Rahu
• bulan gelap
• bulan gerhana
• bulan haji
• bulan kapangan
• bulan kembar
• bulan kesiangan
• bulan madu
• bulan mati
• bulan muda
• bulan panen
• bulan penuh
• bulan puasa
• bulan purnama
• bulan Ruwah
• bulan sabit
• bulan sabit baru
• bulan sabit tua
• bulan suci
• bulan Sura
• bulan surut
• bulan susut
• bulan timbul
• bulan tua

 

Further reading

• “bulan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

bulan

1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦭꦤ꧀

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulən/ [ˈbuː.lən]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

búlan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Derived terms

• bulan-bulan
• bulanan
• pabulan
• telabulan

 

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Kelabit

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Malay

Etymology

From Classical Malay bulan, from Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as [script needed] (vulan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bulan]
• Rhymes: -ulan, -lan, -an

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

bulan (Jawi spelling بولن, plural bulan-bulan, informal 1st possessive bulanku, 2nd possessive bulanmu, 3rd possessive bulannya)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

   Aku pergi ke sana dua kali untuk setiap bulan.

   I go there twice for every month.

Synonyms

• (moon):
  • alkamar / القمر
  • cendera / چندرا
  • kamar / قمر
  • rembulan / رمبولن

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “sun”):
  • matahari / ماتاهاري

Derived terms

• berbulan
• berbulan-bulan
• bulanan
• membulan

 

• anak bulan
• baju bulan
• bulan baru
• bulan bintang
• bulan biru
• bulan darah
• bulan dimakan Rahu
• bulan gelap
• bulan gerhana
• bulan haji
• bulan kembar
• bulan kesiangan
• bulan madu
• bulan penuh
• bulan puasa
• bulan purnama
• bulan sabit
• bulan sabit baru
• bulan sabit tua
• bulan suci
• bulan timbul
• bulan tua

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: bulan

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بولن bulan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 132
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bulan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 161-2

Further reading

• “bulan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. month
2. moon

Ngaju

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)

Descendants

• Javanese: bulan

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Remontado Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

búlan

1. moon
2. month

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani bul (“buttocks”).

Noun

bulan n (plural bulane)

1. (slang) good luck
2. (slang) leg

Declension

Declension of bulan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bulan	bulanul	(niște) bulani	bulanii
genitive/dative	(unui) bulan	bulanului	(unor) bulani	bulanilor
vocative	bulanule		bulanilor

Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Sundanese

Romanization

bulan

1. Romanization of ᮘᮥᮜᮔ᮪

Swedish

Noun

bulan

1. definite singular of bula

Tagalog

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Cebuano bulan from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Proposed by Eusebio Daluz by the 20^th century to use the Visayan word instead of Tagalog buwan (“moon; month”) to distinguish “moon” and “month” to have equivalents for Spanish luna (“moon”) and Spanish mes (“month”). Doublet of buwan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbuː.lɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: bu‧lan
• Homophone: Bulan

Noun

bulan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔) (neologism)

1. moon

   Synonyms: buwan, (rare) luna

Derived terms

• bagong bulan
• bulang gasuklay
• bulang kabilugan
• bulang nagbibilog
• bulang nagdudurog
• patay na bulan
• talabulanan

 

Related terms

• Bulan

 

Further reading

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
• Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino, page 12.
• Lope K. Santos (1938) Gabriel A. Bernardo, transl., Sources and means for further enrichment of Tagalog as our national language‎^[3], Manila : University of the Philippines, pages 123–124

Tausug

bulan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bulan/ [bʊˈlan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

bulan (Sulat Sūg spelling بُلَنْ)

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Turkish

Verb

bulan

1. imperfect participle of bulmak

Yakan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulan

1. moon
2. month

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulán

1. moon
2. month