suvaṇṇabhūmi

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सुवण्णभूमि (Devanagari script)
• সুৰণ্ণভূমি (Bengali script)
• සුවණ‍්ණභූමි (Sinhalese script)
• သုဝဏ္ဏဘူမိ or သုဝꧣ္ꧣꧤူမိ or သုဝꧣ်ꧣꧤူမိ (Burmese script)
• สุวณฺณภูมิ or สุวัณณะภูมิ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩩᩅᨱ᩠ᨱᨽᩪᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຸວຓ຺ຓຠູມິ or ສຸວັຓຓະຠູມິ (Lao script)
• សុវណ្ណភូមិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄪𑅇𑄕𑄴𑄕𑄞𑄫𑄟𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

suvaṇṇa +‎ bhūmi. Compare with Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (suvarṇabhūmi).

Noun

suvaṇṇabhūmi f

1. land of gold; a name for a country in Southeast Asia.

Declension

Declension table of "suvaṇṇabhūmi" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	suvaṇṇabhūmi	suvaṇṇabhūmiyo or suvaṇṇabhūmī
Accusative (second)	suvaṇṇabhūmiṃ	suvaṇṇabhūmiyo or suvaṇṇabhūmī
Instrumental (third)	suvaṇṇabhūmiyā	suvaṇṇabhūmīhi or suvaṇṇabhūmībhi
Dative (fourth)	suvaṇṇabhūmiyā	suvaṇṇabhūmīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	suvaṇṇabhūmiyā or suvaṇṇabhūmyā	suvaṇṇabhūmīhi or suvaṇṇabhūmībhi
Genitive (sixth)	suvaṇṇabhūmiyā	suvaṇṇabhūmīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	suvaṇṇabhūmiyā or suvaṇṇabhūmiyaṃ or suvaṇṇabhūmyaṃ	suvaṇṇabhūmīsu
Vocative (calling)	suvaṇṇabhūmi	suvaṇṇabhūmiyo or suvaṇṇabhūmī

Descendants

• → English: Siam (disputed)
• → Khmer: សុវណ្ណភូមិ (sŏvônnâphumĭ)
• → Burmese: သုဝဏ္ဏဘူမိ (su.wanna.bhumi.)
• → Thai: สุวรรณภูมิ (sù-wan-ná-puum)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “suvaṇṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead