ភូមិ

Khmer

Alternative forms

  • ភូមិ៍ (phumិ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhūmi or Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi, land, earth, country).

Pronunciation

Orthographic ភូមិ
bʰūmi
Phonemic ភូម / ភូ-មិ
bʰūm / bʰū-mi
WT romanisation phuum, phuumiʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰuːm/ ~ /pʰuː.ˈmiʔ/

Noun

ភូមិ • (phuum)

  1. village
  2. country, region, place
  3. earth, soil, land
  4. floor of a house
  5. class, rank, status, level, stage, degree, cycle
  6. position

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ភូមិ f

  1. Khmer script form of bhūmi

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Noun

ភូមិ • (bhū́mi) stem, f

  1. Khmer script form of भूमि (ground)
    • 900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies, volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:
      វិវធ៌យន្តិយេទេវ
      ភូមិទាសាំគ្ច*ធាម្ម៌ិកាះ
      ស្វគ្គ៌េតេសវ្វ៌ទេវេន
      បូជ្យន្តាន្និត្យសំបទះ ៕
      * Read គ្ច as ឝ្ច
      vivardhayanti ye deva
      bhūmidāsāṃś ca dhārmmikāḥ
      svargge te sarvvadevena
      pūjyantān nityasaṃpadaḥ ॥
      The pious ones who make the god's land and servants prosper, may they be honoured in heaven by all the gods and always be prosperous.
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