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 ?
- 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