Associations to the word «Bulbul»

Wiktionary

BULBUL, noun. Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae, native to Africa and parts of Asia, sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.

Dictionary definition

BULBUL, noun. Nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats