"... 'You have a nice voice. Like a bulbul.' ..." (p. 25)
The word “bulbul” may come from Persian or Turkish word for "nightingale". Bulbuls are a family of songbirds that includes approximately 130 species. Most of bulbuls live in Africa and tropical Asia. These birds are short-necked and slender, with long tails and short rounded wings. Their plumage colors vary widely between the species. Bulbuls are highly vocal, but their calls may be deemed unattractive, sometimes described as “nasal” or “gravelly.” Some species, such as Red-whiskered Bulbul and Red-vented Bulbul, were once popular cage birds in parts of India.
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My glossary for Vikram Seth's novel, "A Suitable Boy"
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Page numbers refer to the 1st U.S. paperback edition published by HarperPerennial (a division HarperCollins Publishers) in 1993.
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