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liliac.

lilac

6 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. lilac

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق (leylak), from Arabic لَيْلَك (laylak), from Persian لیلک (lilak, “lilac”). Doublet of lila.

noun

  1. bat (the flying mammal)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Bulgarian лиляк (liljak), from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ. Compare Ukrainian ли́ли́к (lýlýk), ле́ли́к (lélýk, “bat”), Polish lelek (“nightjar”), Slovak lelek (“nightjar”) and Macedonian лилјак (liljak).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.