भूमन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰúHma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúHma, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHmn̥, from *bʰuH- (“to be”). Formed as भू (√bhū, “being, to be”) +‎ -मन् (-man, “nominalizer”)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱúː.mɐn̪/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱuː.mɐn̪/

Noun

भूमन् • (bhū́man) n

world (RV., AV.)
territory, country, region (ĀśvGṛ.)
multitude, plenty, amount, majority (RV., etc.)
wealth (RV., etc.)

Noun

भूमन् • (bhū́man) f

assembly (ŚāṅkhBr.)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “भूमन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0763.

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