bulak

bulak (plural bulaks)

1. An Indian nose ring usually worn by married women.

• bulaki

• Kabul, baulk

• buwak

• Hyphenation: bu‧lak
• IPA^(key): /ˈbulak/ [ˈbu.l̪ɐk]

bulak

1. a flower; a bloom; a blossom

bulak

1. to bring forth flower buds
2. to flower; to blossom

• mabulakon
• mamulak
• pagpamulak

bulak

1. flower

búlak

1. blossom, flower

búlak

1. blossom, flower

bulak

1. flower

buḽak

1. a flower; a bloom; a blossom

Compare Tagalog bulák (“effervescence”).

bulak (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮜᮊ᮪, active ngabulak)

1. (intransitive) to spring (of water)

• "BOELAK", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

• bulac — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Possibly related to bulaklak.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbulak/ [ˈbuː.lɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -ulak
• Syllabification: bu‧lak

bulak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔)

1. cotton

   Synonym: algudon

2. kapok tree

   Synonyms: buboy, bulak-kahoy, kapok

• kapas

From metathesis of bukal. Doublet of bukal.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈlak/ [bʊˈlak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: bu‧lak

bulák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔)

1. effervescence; bubbling of liquid beginning to boil

   Synonyms: sulak, kulo

2. bubbles formed on the surface of boiling water

• bumulak

• “bulak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 56

• lubak, Bukal, lukba, bukal

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بولاق (bulak), from Proto-Common Turkic *bulgak. By surface analysis, bula- +‎ -k. Cognate with Azerbaijani bulaq.

bulak (definite accusative bulağı, plural bulaklar)

1. spring, source, fount, a body of water springing from the ground

   Synonyms: kaynak, memba, pınar

• “bulak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bulak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bulak¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 690
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bulak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük