Bulgaria (abbreviation)
Abbreviation for Bulgaria, used in historical or formal contexts, such as in the compound 勃牙利 (ブルガリア). Not used in everyday language.
See also: ブルガリア
The notation 勃牙利 was once used to refer to Bulgaria.
taru-adjective
Obsolete taru-adjective meaning sudden or abrupt. Rarely used independently; may appear in classical compounds.
In old documents, one can find the expression 勃々たる勢い (spirited momentum).
In the form ぼつとして, it expressed the manner of something happening suddenly.
勃 alone is an obsolete taru-adjective stem meaning spirited or rising, while 勃々 is the reduplicated form actually used (rarely) in classical writing to express the same idea.
Used for countries; as an abbreviation for Bulgaria, this is the natural choice if counted at all.
outbreak; sudden occurrence
sudden rise; rapid emergence; upsurge
spirited; rising; energetic
suddenly; all at once · flaring up (in anger); in a flare
pent-up; burning; irrepressible
The abbreviation for Bulgaria comes from 勃牙利, an older phonetic spelling of the country’s name. Independently, 勃 is a Sino-Japanese morpheme meaning vigorous, rising, or sudden.