Bima

See also: bima, bìmá, and bimą

English

Etymology

From Indonesian Bima

Proper noun

Bima

1. A city in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Translations

Translations

• Indonesian: Bima (id)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbima/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Bima bima; derived from imbi (“believe; trust; faith”) +‎ ruma (“God”).

Noun

Bima

1. (ethnology) The indigenous people native to Bima region in Sumbawa island, West Nusa Tenggara province.

   Synonym: Mbojo

2. (linguistic) The native language of Bima people.
3. (geography) The region in Sumbawa island.
4. (administrative) The kabupaten (“regency”) in northeast and eastern hemisphere of Sumbawa island.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦨꦶꦩ (Bima).

Proper noun

Bima

1. Bhima: In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the second of the Pandava brothers.
2. a male given name from Javanese
3. A city in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Further reading

• “Bima” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

Bima

1. Romanization of ꦨꦶꦩ