bhūmi

See also: bhumi, Bhumi, and Bhūmi

English

Noun

bhūmi (plural bhūmis)

1. Alternative spelling of bhumi

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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