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bula

//bûla/ | /bǔla/ | /bǔːla//
Serbo-Croatiannoun
Ћирилица: булаone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    colloquiala Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf
  2. 2.
    colloquiala married woman
  3. 3.
    bull (blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion)
  4. 4.
    an empty space
  5. 5.
    Islamic religion teacher
  6. 6.
    Islamic clerk or official
  7. 7.
    bull (seal affixed to a document)
  8. 8.
    charter with such bull
  9. 9.
    a box in which a seal is stored

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).

Forms

  • bȕlacanonical • feminine
  • бу̏лаcyrillic
  • bùlacanonical • feminine
  • бу̀лаcyrillic
  • búlacanonical • feminine
  • бу́лаcyrillic
Nominative
Singular
bȕla, bùla, bula
Plural
bule
Genitive
Singular
bule
Plural
bȗlā, búlā, bula
Dative
Singular
buli
Plural
bulama
Accusative
Singular
bulu
Plural
bule
Vocative
Singular
bulo
Plural
bule
Locative
Singular
buli
Plural
bulama
Instrumental
Singular
bulom
Plural
bulama

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