See also: Bima, bìmá, and bimą

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Borrowed from Hebrew בִּימָה (bîmâ). Doublet of bema.

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bima (plural bimas)

  1. (Judaism) The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium.
    Synonyms: en, almemar, almemor

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Borrowed from Hebrew בִּימָה (bimá), ultimately from Ancient Greek βῆμα (bêma).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.maː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ma

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bima f (plural bima's, diminutive bimaatje n)

  1. bima (raised platform in a synagogue)

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bima

  1. inflection of bimar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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bima

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦶꦩ

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bīma

  1. inflection of bīmus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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bīmā

  1. ablative feminine singular of bīmus

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Borrowed from Hebrew בִּימָה.

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bima f

  1. (architecture, Judaism) bima

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  • bima in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Borrowed from Hindi बीमा (bīmā) / Urdu بِیمَہ (bīmā), from Persian بیمه.[1]

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bima (n class, plural bima)

  1. insurance (business)

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  1. ^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts[1], Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 125:Swahili bali (ear-ring), banyani (Hindu, Jain), bepari (trader, capitalist), bima (insurance), binda (okra, ladies fingers), and binda (loin cloth) are therefore most probably of Hindustani source (or Marathi/Konkani, Punjabi).

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bima

  1. genitive singular of bim