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Where does “bulgārs” come from?

bulgārs (Latvian) comes from Medieval Latin Bulgarus, from Slavic блъгаринъ, from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀, from Proto-Turkic bulgar, from Proto-Turkic bulga- — to stir, stir up; to produce a state of disorder.

bulgārs (Latvian): a Bulgarian man, a man born in Bulgaria;...

Definitions

  1. a Bulgarian man, a man born in Bulgaria;...

Ancestry of “bulgārs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinBulgarusBulgarian; Bulgar
2Slavicблъгаринъ—
3Old Turkic𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀to stir; to produce a state of disorder, put in...
4Proto-Turkicbulgardisturber, disturbing
5Proto-Turkicbulga-to stir, stir up; to produce a state of disorder

Words derived from “bulgārs”

  • Bulgārija
  • bulgārisks
  • bulgāriete
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