bhīma

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भीम (bhīma, “terrific”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ma
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ma

Adjective

bhīma

  1. terrific, terrible, formidable

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦧꦶꦩ (bima), ꦨꦶꦩ (Bima)
  • → Balinese: ᬪᬷᬫ (Bima)

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

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀪𑀻𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • भीम (Devanagari script)
  • ভীম (Bengali script)
  • භීම (Sinhalese script)
  • ဘီမ or ဘဳမ or ꧤီမ (Burmese script)
  • ภีม or ภีมะ (Thai script)
  • ᨽᩦᨾ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຠີມ or ຠີມະ (Lao script)
  • ភីម (Khmer script)
  • 𑄞𑄩𑄟 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भीम (bhīma).[1]

Adjective

bhīma[2]

  1. dreadful, horrible, cruel, awful

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhīma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bhīma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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