भूतल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भूतल (bhūtala). By surface analysis, tatpuruṣa compound of भू (bhū) +‎ तल (tal).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱuː.t̪əl/, [bʱuː.t̪ɐl]

Noun

भूतल • (bhūtal) m (Urdu spelling بُھوتَل)

1. ground, floor, surface of the Earth

Declension

Declension of भूतल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भूतल bhūtal	भूतल bhūtal
oblique	भूतल bhūtal	भूतलों bhūtalõ
vocative	भूतल bhūtal	भूतलो bhūtalo

Synonyms

• धरती (dhartī)
• ज़मीन (zamīn)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 771
• “भूतल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভূতল (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬹᬢᬮ (Balinese script)
• ভূতল (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰳𑰝𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဘူတလ (Burmese script)
• ભૂતલ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੂਤਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦹꦠꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂴𑂞𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೂತಲ (Kannada script)
• ភូតល (Khmer script)
• ຠູຕລ (Lao script)
• ഭൂതല (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡠᡠᢠᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘴𑘝𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠤᠤᢐᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧕𑦽𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐹𑐟𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଭୂତଲ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢹꢡꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆷𑆠𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖳𑖝𑖩 (Siddham script)
• භූතල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩒𑩛𑩫𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚱𑚙𑚥 (Takri script)
• பூ⁴தல (Tamil script)
• భూతల (Telugu script)
• ภูตล (Thai script)
• བྷཱུ་ཏ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒴𑒞𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨃𑨊𑨙𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of भू (bhū, “earth, ground”) +‎ तल (tala, “base, floor, lower part”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱuː.tɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱuː.t̪ɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

भूतल • (bhūtala) stem, n

1. floor, ground, surface of the ground
   • Ādi Śaṅkara, Mohamudgara 19:

     सुरमन्दिरतरुमूलनिवासः शय्या भूतलम् अजिनं वासः ।
     सर्वपरिग्रहभोगत्यागः कस्य सुखं न करोति विरागः ॥

     suramandiratarumūlanivāsaḥ śayyā bhūtalam ajinaṃ vāsaḥ.
     sarvaparigrahabhogatyāgaḥ kasya sukhaṃ na karoti virāgaḥ.

     Whose residence is in a temple or at the foot of a tree, whose bed is the earth's surface, whose clothes are deerskin, who has given up all possessions and enjoyments; how may detachment fail to make him content.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of भूतल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भूतलम् (bhūtalam)	भूतले (bhūtale)	भूतलानि (bhūtalāni) भूतला¹ (bhūtalā¹)
vocative	भूतल (bhūtala)	भूतले (bhūtale)	भूतलानि (bhūtalāni) भूतला¹ (bhūtalā¹)
accusative	भूतलम् (bhūtalam)	भूतले (bhūtale)	भूतलानि (bhūtalāni) भूतला¹ (bhūtalā¹)
instrumental	भूतलेन (bhūtalena)	भूतलाभ्याम् (bhūtalābhyām)	भूतलैः (bhūtalaiḥ) भूतलेभिः¹ (bhūtalebhiḥ¹)
dative	भूतलाय (bhūtalāya)	भूतलाभ्याम् (bhūtalābhyām)	भूतलेभ्यः (bhūtalebhyaḥ)
ablative	भूतलात् (bhūtalāt)	भूतलाभ्याम् (bhūtalābhyām)	भूतलेभ्यः (bhūtalebhyaḥ)
genitive	भूतलस्य (bhūtalasya)	भूतलयोः (bhūtalayoḥ)	भूतलानाम् (bhūtalānām)
locative	भूतले (bhūtale)	भूतलयोः (bhūtalayoḥ)	भूतलेषु (bhūtaleṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: भूतल (bhūtal)
• → Malay: bentala (learned)
  • Indonesian: bentala

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भूतल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 761.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भूतल”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 208