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 ?

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

Descendants

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

References

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