жужел

Bulgarian

From Proto-Slavic *žužeľь, of onomatopoeic origin. Derived from жу́жа (žúža, “to hum”) +‎ -ел (-el).

жу́жел • (žúžel) m (diminutive жу́же)

(dialectal) cicada (hemipteran insect of family Cicadoidea, known for their hissing songs during summer)
Synonyms: цика́да (cikáda), (poetic) жътва́р (žǎtvár)

жу́жа (žúža), жу́жукам (žúžukam), жу́ча (žúča, “to hum, to buzz”)
- жужа́лка (žužálka, “buzzer”)

“жужел²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жужел¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557
Nayden Gerov (1897) “жю́желъ (1), жю́жеръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 25

Probably duplicated from dialectal Bulgarian жуй (žuj, “vermin”).

жу́жел • (žúžel) m

(dialectal) snail
Synonyms: о́хлюв (óhljuv), (dialectal) бу́хер (búher), (dialectal) пасо́к (pasók), (figurative) ро́жковец (róžkovec)

“жужел¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жужел³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557
Nayden Gerov (1897) “жюжелъ (2)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 25