було

Uncertain. Related to бу́ла (búla, “Turkish woman”), so the meaning may have shifted by metonymy to refer to certain types of face veils that Turkish women once wore (e.g. yashmak).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuɫo]

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бу́ло • (búlo) n

1. bridal veil (cover concealing the bride's face)

   Synonym: (dialectal) пре́вез (prévez)

• воа́л (voál, “veil”) (generic term)
• фeредже́ (feredžé, “yashmak”) (used in Eastern cultures)
• забра́дка (zabrádka), пребра́дка (prebrádka, “kerchief”)

• бу́лка (búlka, “bride”)

• “було”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “було”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “було”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 89

• IPA^(key): [bʊˈɫɔ]

було́ • (buló)

1. neuter singular past indicative imperfective of бути (buty)