Where does “bilbil” come from?
bilbil (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بلبل, from Classical Persian بلبل, from Arabic بُلْبُل — nightingale.
bilbil (Albanian): nightingale
Ancestry of “bilbil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بلبل | nightingale; bulbul |
| 2 | Classical Persian | بلبل | — |
| 3 | Arabic | بُلْبُل | nightingale |