bulgārs

See also: bulgars, Bulgars, and búlgars

Latvian

Etymology

Probably via other European languages, ultimately 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).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bulgārs m (1st declension, feminine form: bulgāriete)

  1. a Bulgarian man, a man born in Bulgaria
  2. (genitive plural) Bulgarian; pertaining to Bulgaria and its people
    bulgāru valodathe Bulgarian language
    bulgāru literatūraBulgarian literature

Declension

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