bhuwana

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भुवन (bhuvana, “abode, residence; earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.wa.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: bhu‧wa‧na

Noun

bhuwana

1. earth, world

Derived terms

• bhuwanagati
• bhuwanakośa
• bhuwanamaṇḍala
• bhuwanapati
• bhuwanarakṣaṇa
• bhuwanatala
• bhuwanatattwa
• bhuwanatraya
• bhuwanawastu
• bhuwanāntarāla
• bhuwanāṇḍa

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦸꦮꦤ (buwana), ꦧꦮꦤ (bawana)
• → Balinese: ᬪᬸᬯᬦ (buana)
• → Malay: buana
  • Indonesian: buana

Further reading

• "bhuwana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.