bhūmi

See also: bhumi, Bhumi, and Bhūmi

English

Noun

bhūmi (plural bhūmis)

1. Alternative spelling of bhumi

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bhūmi

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

Derived terms

• sabhumekĕna

 

• bhūmibhāga
• *bhūmicara
• bhūmidewa
• bhūmidewī
• bhūmidāna
• bhūmimaṇḍala
• bhūmimārga
• bhūminātha
• bhūmināthādhipa
• bhūmipāla
• bhūmipālaka
• bhūmitala
• bhūmiwāsana
• *bhūmiśoca
• *bhūmiśuddha
• bhūmyastra
• bhūmyāgāra

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• भूमि (Devanagari script)
• ভূমি (Bengali script)
• භූමි (Sinhalese script)
• ဘူမိ or ꧤူမိ (Burmese script)
• ภูมิ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩪᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠູມິ (Lao script)
• ភូមិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄫𑄟𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Declension table of "bhūmi" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhūmi	bhūmiyo or bhūmī
Accusative (second)	bhūmiṃ	bhūmiyo or bhūmī
Instrumental (third)	bhūmiyā	bhūmīhi or bhūmībhi
Dative (fourth)	bhūmiyā	bhūmīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhūmiyā or bhūmyā	bhūmīhi or bhūmībhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhūmiyā	bhūmīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhūmiyā or bhūmiyaṃ or bhūmyaṃ	bhūmīsu
Vocative (calling)	bhūmi	bhūmiyo or bhūmī