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One possibility of origin of term Bulgar, is that the name tribe is apparented with turkish "Bulucu" --> "Explorator, discoverer". "Bulgar" could be apparented also with Celtic Tribe names "Volques/Volcae" or with the Irish mythic tribe "Firm Bolg" with the same meaning. ~2025-40700-61 (talk) 21:48, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Името "българин" произлиза от думите "благ" и "градинар"."

"The name "Bulgarian" derives from the words "good" /gentle/gracious/kindly and "gardener"."

https://beinsa.bg/doc_txt_s.php?s_type=plus&id=1450&status=1&high=%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%20%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5#result_123353 Hristo Hristoforov (talk) 12:08, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As explained in the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Bulgarian ("An exception to the rules was introduced by the Bulgarian authorities in 2006, mandating the transliteration of word-final -ия as -ia rather than -iya in given names and geographical names (such as Ilia, Maria and Bulgaria, Sofia, Trakia etc.)."), the romanization of Република България should be Republika Bŭlgaria, not Republika Bŭlgariya. Can someone with sufficient knowledge confirm this? Fernan860 (talk) 19:28, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In the last paragraph of the lead please change the sentence that currently ends as " followed by manufacturing and mining—and agriculture." to " followed by manufacturing, mining and agriculture." ~2026-12442-2 (talk) 03:00, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. — Rtrb (talk) (contribs) 04:52, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 19.01.2026 Rumen Radev signed his resignation and nearly a week later the Vice-president Iliyana Yotova has taken his place. ~2026-49633-1 (talk) 09:32, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]