ភូមិ

Khmer

Alternative forms

• ភូមិ៍ (phumិ៍)

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

Alternative scripts

• bhūmi (Latin script)
• 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• भूमि (Devanagari script)
• ভূমি (Bengali script)
• භූමි (Sinhalese script)
• ဘူမိ or ꧤူမိ (Burmese script)
• ภูมิ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩪᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠູມິ (Lao script)
• 𑄞𑄫𑄟𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

ភូមិ f

1. Khmer script form of bhūmi

Declension

Declension table of "ភូមិ" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ភូមិ (bhūmi)	ភូមិយោ (bhūmiyo) or ភូមី (bhūmī)
Accusative (second)	ភូមិំ (bhūmiṃ)	ភូមិយោ (bhūmiyo) or ភូមី (bhūmī)
Instrumental (third)	ភូមិយា (bhūmiyā)	ភូមីហិ (bhūmīhi) or ភូមីភិ (bhūmībhi)
Dative (fourth)	ភូមិយា (bhūmiyā)	ភូមីនំ (bhūmīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ភូមិយា (bhūmiyā) or ភូម្យា (bhūmyā)	ភូមីហិ (bhūmīhi) or ភូមីភិ (bhūmībhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ភូមិយា (bhūmiyā)	ភូមីនំ (bhūmīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ភូមិយា (bhūmiyā) or ភូមិយំ (bhūmiyaṃ) or ភូម្យំ (bhūmyaṃ)	ភូមីសុ (bhūmīsu)
Vocative (calling)	ភូមិ (bhūmi)	ភូមិយោ (bhūmiyo) or ភូមី (bhūmī)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ভূমি (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬹᬫᬶ (Balinese script)
• ভূমি (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰳𑰦𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဘူမိ (Burmese script)
• भूमि (Devanagari script)
• ભૂમિ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੂਮਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍂𑌮𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦹꦩꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂴𑂧𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೂಮಿ (Kannada 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)

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^[1], 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.