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bhūmi

See also: bhumi, Bhumi, and Bhūmi

English edit

Noun edit

bhūmi (plural bhūmis)

  1. Alternative spelling of bhumi

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúHmiš.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bu.mi/
  • Rhymes: -mi
  • Hyphenation: bhū‧mi

Noun edit

bhūmi

  1. the earth, the world
  2. ground
  3. land
  4. basis

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Javanese: ꦧꦸꦩꦶ (bumi)
  • → Balinese: ᬪᬹᬫᬶ (bumi), ᬕᬸᬫᬶ (gumi)

Further reading edit

  • "bhūmi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúHmiš.

Noun edit

bhūmi f

  1. ground, earth
    • c. 420 AD, Buddhaghosa, Pāthikavaɡɡaṭṭhakathā‎[1], page 4; republished Yanɡon, Myanmar: Ministry of Reliɡious Affairs, 2008:
      Catukkuṇḍikoti catusaṅghaṭṭito dve jāṇūni dve ca kappare bhūmiyaṁ ṭhapetvā vicarati.
      'Catukkuṇḍiko': He moves with four points of contact, having placed two knees and two elbows on the ground.
  2. Earth
  3. region
  4. stage
  5. plane

Declension edit

Declension table of "bhūmi" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bhūmibhūmiyo or bhūmī
Accusative (second)bhūmiṃbhūmiyo or bhūmī
Instrumental (third)bhūmiyābhūmīhi or bhūmībhi
Dative (fourth)bhūmiyābhūmīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bhūmiyā or bhūmyābhūmīhi or bhūmībhi
Genitive (sixth)bhūmiyābhūmīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)bhūmiyā or bhūmiyaṃ or bhūmyaṃbhūmīsu
Vocative (calling)bhūmibhūmiyo or bhūmī
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