# भू
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भू (bhū).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱuː/

### Noun

भू • (bhū) f
* the Earth
    Synonyms: पृथ्वी (pŕthvī), धरती (dhartī)
* land, earth
    Synonyms: भूमि (bhūmi), ज़मीन (zamīn)

#### Derived terms

* भूकंप (bhūkamp)
* भूखंड (bhūkhaṇḍ)
* भूगर्भ (bhūgarbh)
* भूगोल (bhūgol)
* भूचक्र (bhūcakra)
* भूदान (bhūdān)
* भूपति (bhūpti)
* भूपुत्र (bhūputra)
* भूमंडल (bhūmaṇḍal)
* भूविज्ञान (bhūvijñān)

## Marathi
### Etymology

From Old Marathi 𑘥𑘴 (bhū), from Sanskrit भू (bhū).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʱu/, [bʱuː]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

भू • (bhū) f
* the earth

#### Derived terms

* भूमिती (bhūmitī)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “भू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “भू”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “भू”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Old Marathi
### Noun

भू (bhū) f
* Devanagari form of 𑘥𑘴 (bhū)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bhū (Latin script)
* 𑀪𑀽 (Brahmi script)
* ভূ (Bengali script)
* භූ (Sinhalese script)
* ဘူ or ꧤူ (Burmese script)
* ภู (Thai script)
* ᨽᩪ (Tai Tham script)
* ຠູ (Lao script)
* ភូ (Khmer script)
* 𑄞𑄫 (Chakma script)

### Noun

भू f
* Devanagari script form of bhū (“the earth”)

#### Declension
### Noun

भू f
* Devanagari script form of bhū (“eyebrow”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভূ (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬹ (Balinese script)
* ভূ (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀽 (Brahmi script)
* ဘူ (Burmese script)
* ભૂ (Gujarati script)
* ਭੂ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑍂 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦹ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂴 (Kaithi script)
* ಭೂ (Kannada script)
* ភូ (Khmer script)
* ຠູ (Lao script)
* ഭൂ (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘴 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐹 (Newa script)
* ଭୂ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢹ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆷 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖳 (Siddham script)
* භූ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚱 (Takri script)
* பூ⁴ (Tamil script)
* భూ (Telugu script)
* ภู (Thai script)
* བྷཱུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, be, grow, rise up”). Cognates include Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Avestan 𐬠𐬎 (bu), Latin fui, fīō, Proto-Germanic *buskaz, *beuną, and Old English beon (whence English be).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱúː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱuː/

### Root

भू • (bhū)
* to be, become

#### Alternative forms

* भव् (bhav)

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* भवति (bhávati, Present)
* भविष्यति (bhaviṣyáti, Future)
* भविता (bhavitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अभूत् (ábhūt, Aorist)
* अभुवत् (ábhuvat, Aorist)
* भूयात् (bhūyā́t, Benedictive)
* बभूव (babhū́va, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* भूयते (bhūyáte, Passive)
* अभावि (ábhāvi, Passive Aorist)
* भावयति (bhāváyati, Causative)
* अबूभुवत् (ábūbhuvat, Causative Aorist)
* भाव्यते (bhāvyate, Passive of Causative)
* बुभूषति (búbhūṣati, Desiderative)
* बिभावयिषति (bibhāvayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* बोभवीति (bóbhavīti, Intensive)
* बोभवति (bobhavati, Intensive)
* बोभोति (bobhoti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* भूत (bhūtá, Past Participle)
* भवितुम् (bhávitum, Infinitive)
* भवितोस् (bhávitos, Infinitive)
* भूत्वा (bhūtvā́, Gerund)
* भूत्वी (bhūtvī́, Gerund)
* भव्य (bhávya, Gerundive)
* भवितव्य (bhavitavyà, Gerundive)
* भाव्य (bhāvyá, Causative Gerundive)
* भावनीय (bhāvanīya, Causative Gerundive)
* भावयितव्य (bhāvayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
* बुभूषु (bubhūṣu, Desiderative Participle)
* बुभूषितव्य (bubhūṣitavya, Desiderative Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* बुभूषा (bubhūṣā)
* भव (bhava)
* भवितृ (bhavitṛ)
* भवित्र (bhavítra)
* भविष्णु (bhaviṣṇú)
* भविष्य (bhaviṣya, “future”)
* भाव (bhāva)
* भावन (bhāvana)
* भावयु (bhāvayú)
* भावुक (bhā́vuka)
* भुव (bhúva)
* भुवन (bhúvana, “a being, living creature, mankind”)
* भू (bhū́)
* भूति (bhūti)
* भूमन् (bhū́man, “earth, world, territory; country”)
* भूमि (bhū́mi, “situation, place, earth, ground, base, extent; country”)
* भूरि (bhū́ri, “many; frequent”)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुभू (anubhū)
* अन्तर्भू (antarbhū)
* अभिभू (abhibhū)
* अपिभू (apibhū)
* आभू (ābhū)
* उद्भू (udbhū)
* पराभू (parābhū)
* परिभू (paribhū)
* प्रतिभू (pratibhū)
* प्रभू (prabhū)
* विभू (vibhū)
* सम्भू (sambhū)

#### Descendants
### Noun

भू • (bhū́) stem, f
* the act of becoming or arising
* the place of being, space, world or universe
* the earth (as constituting one of the 3 worlds)
* (figuratively) one (number)
* earth (as a substance), ground, soil, land, landed property
* floor, pavement
* a place, spot, piece of ground
* the base of any geometric figure
* object, matter
* a sacrificial fire

#### Derived terms

* भूकम्प (bhūkampa, “an earthquake”)
* भूकर्ण (bhūkarṇa, “the diameter of the earth”)
* भूगोल (bhūgola, “'earth-ball' - the terrestrial globe”)
* भूधर (bhūdhara, “'earth-bearing' - dwelling in the earth, a mountain”)
* भूप (bhūpa, “earth-protector - a king, prince”)
* भूपति (bhūpati, “a king, monarch”)
* भूपाल (bhūpāla, “earth-protector - a king, prince”)
* भूपालन (bhūpālana, “sovereignty, dominion”)
* भूलता (bhūlatā, “an earthworm”)
* भूलोक (bhūloka, “the terrestrial earth”)

#### Descendants

* Pali: bhū
* → Hindi: भू (bhū)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 760.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 113
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भू”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 255-257; 267