Bulgar

Meanings

Noun

• A member of a migratory Turkic people from Central Asia who conquered Moesia in the 7th century and settled what is now Bulgaria, and some of whom then migrated to the Volga basin to establish Volga Bulgaria.
• A Bulgarian.

Adjective

• Of or relating to the Bulgars.

Proper Noun

• The Turkic language of the Bulgar people.
• A historical group of Turkic dialects, the only extant member of which is Chuvash.
• Bulgarian, the South Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria.

Origin

• From Medieval Latin Bulgarus, from Latin Bulgarus, from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ, itself from the self designation of Turkic Bulgars, from Proto-Turkic *bulgar, active noun/adjective of *bulga-. bugger.