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

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0763

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