# भूमि
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱuː.miː/
* Rhymes: -iː

### Noun

भूमि • (bhūmi) f (Urdu spelling بھومی)
* earth, soil, ground
    Synonym: ज़मीन (zamīn)
* region
* nation, country
    Synonyms: देश (deś), राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra)
* place
    Synonyms: जगह (jagah), स्थान (sthān)
* situation
    Synonym: स्थिति (sthiti)
* the Earth
    Synonyms: पृथ्वी (pŕthvī), दुनिया (duniyā)
* (Hinduism) Bhumi, goddess of the Earth

#### Declension
### See also

Solar System in Hindi · सौरमंडल (saurmaṇḍal) (layout · text) :
| Star | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) | सूर्य (sūrya) |
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets | बुध (budh) | शुक्र (śukra) | पृथ्वी (pŕthvī) | मंगल (maṅgal) | | बृहस्पति (bŕhaspati) | शनि (śani) | अरुण (aruṇ) | वरुण (varuṇ) | यम (yam) | |
| Notable moons | — | — | चंद्रमा (candramā) | | — | | | | | | |

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bhūmi (Latin script)
* 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi 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)

### Noun

भूमि f
* Devanagari script form of bhūmi

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

* ভূমি (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬹᬫᬶ (Balinese script)
* ভূমি (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰳𑰦𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဘူမိ (Burmese script)
* ભૂમિ (Gujarati script)
* ਭੂਮਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑍂𑌮𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦹꦩꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂴𑂧𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಭೂಮಿ (Kannada script)
* ភូមិ (Khmer script)
* ຠູມິ (Lao script)
* ഭൂമി (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡠᡠᠮᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘴𑘦𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠤᠤᠮᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧕𑧆𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐹𑐩𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଭୂମି (Odia script)
* ꢩꢹꢪꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆷𑆩𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖳𑖦𑖰 (Siddham script)
* භූමි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩒𑩛𑩴𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚱𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
* பூ⁴மி (Tamil script)
* భూమి (Telugu script)
* ภูมิ (Thai script)
* བྷཱུ་མི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒴𑒧𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨃𑨊𑨢𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúHmiš (“earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”). Cognate to Avestan 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌 (būmi), Old Persian 𐏏 (BU /⁠būmiš⁠/) (whence Persian بوم (bum)). The Sanskrit root is भू (bhū).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱúː.mi/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbʱuː.mi/

### Noun

भूमि • (bhū́mi) stem, f
* earth, soil, ground; Earth personified as Bhumi
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.17.2:तव॑ त्वि॒षो जनि॑मन् रेजत॒ द्यौ रेज॒द् भूमि॑र् भि॒यसा॒ स्वस्य॑ म॒न्योः। ऋ॒घा॒यन्त॑ सु॒भ्वः१॒॑ पर्व॑तास॒ आर्द॒न् धन्वा॑नि स॒रय॑न्त॒ आपः॑॥táva tviṣó jániman rejata dyaú réjad bhū́mir bhiyásā svásya manyóḥ. ṛghāyánta subhvàḥ párvatāsa ā́rdan dhánvāni saráyanta ā́paḥ.Heaven trembled at the birth of thine effulgence; Earth trembled at the fear of thy displeasure. The stedfast mountains shook in agitation, the waters flowed, and desert spots were flooded.
* (in the plural) divisions of the world; compare भूमित्रय (bhūmi-traya)
* territory, country, district
* place, situation
* position, posture, attitude
* part, personification (played by an actor)
* floor of a house, story
* area
* the base of any geometrical figure
* (figuratively) a step, degree, stage (with Buddhists there are 10 or 13 stages of existence or perfection); Bhumi
* extent, limit
* (at the end of a compound) matter, subject, object, receptacle i.e. fit object or person for
    विश्वासभूमि (vi-śvāsa-bhūmi) — "ground for confidence", i.e. a trustworthy person

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Later Sanskrit
* ³Brāhmaṇas

#### Derived terms

* भूमिका (bhūmikā, “earth, ground, soil; floo; step, degree”)
* भूमिगत (bhūmigata, “fallen to the earth”)
* भूमिचल (bhūmicala, “an earthquake”)
* भूमिचलन (bhūmicalana, “an earthquake”)
* भूमिज (bhūmija, “produced from the earth, sprung from the ground; a human”)
* भूमिद (bhūmida, “giving landed property”)
* भूमिदान (bhūmidāna, “donation of landed property”)
* भूमिदेव (bhūmideva, “'earth-god', a Brahmin”)
* भूमिभाग (bhūmibhāga, “a portion or plat of land, spot”)
* भूमिभूत (bhūmibhūta, “become earth, being the bottom of anything”)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: bhum (“earth; ground”)
** Khowar: بوم (búm)
* Assamese: ভূঁই (bhũi)
* Bengali: ভুঁই (bhũi), ভুমি (bhumi)
* Dhivehi: ބިން (bin̊)
* Pali: bhūmi
* Romani: phuv
* Sinhalese: භූමිය (bhūmiya)
* → Hindi: भूमि (bhūmi)
* → Kannada: ಭೂಮಿ (bhūmi)
* → Khmer: ភូមិ (phuum)
* → Lao: ພູມ (phūm)
* → Malayalam: ഭൂമി (bhūmi)
* → Malay: bumi
** Indonesian: bumi
* → Marathi: भूमी (bhūmī)
* → Old Javanese: bhūmi
** > Javanese: ꦧꦸꦩꦶ (bumi) (inherited)
** → Balinese: ᬪᬹᬫᬶ (bumi), ᬕᬸᬫᬶ (gumi)
* → Punjabi: ਭੂਮੀ (bhūmī)
* → Tamil: பூமி (pūmi)
* → Telugu: భూమి (bhūmi)
* → Thai: ภูมิ (puum)
* → Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮙᮤ (bumi)

### See also

Solar System in Sanskrit · सूर्य-मण्डल (sūrya-maṇḍala) (layout · text) :
| Star | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य | सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य |
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets | बुध (budha) | शुक्र (śukra), भार्गव (bhārgava), भृगु (bhṛgu) | भूमि (bhūmi), पृथ्वी (pṛthvī), Thesaurus:भू | मङ्गल (maṅgala), अङ्गार (aṅgāra), Thesaurus:मङ्गल | | बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati), गौर (gaura) | शनि (śani) | अरुण (aruṇa) | वरुण (varuṇa) | यम (yama) | |
| Notable moons | — | — | चन्द्र (candra), इन्दु (indu), Thesaurus:चन्द्र | प्रथम मङ्गलस्य द्वितीय मङ्गलस्य | — | | | | | | |

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भूमि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0763.