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liliac

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liliac¹

Where it comes from

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

noun lilieci · liliac · liliacul · liliecii

  1. masculine lilac

liliac²

Where it 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).

noun lilieci · liliac · liliacul · liliecii

  1. masculine bat (the flying mammal)

Liliac³

Where it comes from

From liliac.

proper noun

  1. masculine a village in Bahna, Neamț County, Romania

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"liliac." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/liliac. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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liliac. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/liliac

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"liliac." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/liliac.

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@misc{liliac_2026,
  title = {liliac},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/liliac},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}