जीवमंडल
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- जीवमण्डल (jīvmaṇḍal)
Etymology edit
Calque of English biosphere, from जीव (jīv) + मंडल (maṇḍal) by combining 2 Sanskrit words.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
जीवमंडल • (jīvmaṇḍal) m (formal, neologism)
Declension edit
Declension of जीवमंडल (masc cons-stem)
Related terms edit
- स्थलमंडल (sthalmaṇḍal, “lithosphere”)
- वायुमंडल (vāyumaṇḍal, “atmosphere”)
- जलमंडल (jalmaṇḍal, “hydrosphere”)