Sinhalese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit भुवन (bhuvana). Cognate to Dhivehi ބުވަނަ (buvana)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bu.ʋə.nə/, [bu.ʋə.nə]
  • Hyphenation: භු‧ව‧න

Noun edit

භුවන (bhuwana)

  1. world
    Synonym: දිය (diya)
  2. water
    Synonyms: ජලය (jalaya), වතුර (watura)
  3. heaven
  4. man, mankind