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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 (bhūmi), from Sanskrit भूमि (bhū́mi, “earth, ground”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúHmiš (“earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”). Doublet of بھوئیں (bho'īṉ).
Pronunciation
Noun
بھوں • (bhoṉ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੋਂ)
- ground; soil; earth; land
- Synonym: دَھرْتی (dhartī)
- (figuratively) homeland
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھوں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਭੋਂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhū́mi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 545