dˈɑːbɹɛvz "ɪɹˈeɪniən" ɹˈiːdɪŋ ˈæktʃuːəli pɹɪzˈɜːvz ˈɔːl bˌʌt wˈʌn ʌvðə pɹˈiːviəs tɹænslˈeɪʃənz ʌvðə jˈɪɹ nˈeɪmz, ˈɑːɹɡjuːɪŋ ðætðə tˈɜːkɪk nˈeɪmz ʌvðɪ ˈænɪməlz, fˈɑːɹ fɹʌm pɹˈuːvɪŋ ðætðə bˈʌlɡɚz wɜː tˈɜːkɪk, ʃˈoʊ ðætðə tˈɜːkɪk pˈiːpəlz hæd bˈɑːɹoʊd ðiːz wˈɜːdz fɹʌmðə bˈʌlɡɚz.
Dobrev's "Iranian" reading actually preserves all but one of the previous translations of the year names, arguing that the Turkic names of the animals, far from proving that the Bulgars were Turkic, show that the Turkic peoples had borrowed these words from the Bulgars.