بھوں

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 (bhūmi), from Sanskrit भूमि (bhū́mi, “earth, ground”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúHmiš (“earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pō̃̀ IPA^(key): /bʱõː/, [põː˨]
• Rhymes: -õː˨

Noun

بھوں • (bhoṉ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੋਂ)

1. ground; soil; earth; land

   Synonym: دَھرْتی (dhartī)

2. (figuratively) homeland

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھوں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਭੋਂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhū́mi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 545