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 forms

Etymology

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

Noun

bhūmi f

  1. ground, earth
    • c. 420 AD, Buddhaghosa, Pāthikavaɡɡaṭṭhakathā‎, 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 \ 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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