जम्बुद्वीप

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Etymology

Compound of जम्बु (jambu, “jambu tree”) +‎ द्वीप (dvīpá, “island”).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

जम्बुद्वीप • (jambudvīpá) stem, m

  1. (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism) Jambudvipa: one of the seven regions of the Earth.
    Coordinate terms: जम्बुद्वीप (jambudvīpa), प्लक्षद्वीप (plakṣadvīpa), शमलद्वीप (śamaladvīpa), कुशद्वीप (kuśadvīpa), क्रौञ्चद्वीप (krauñcadvīpa), शाकद्वीप (śākadvīpa), पुष्करद्वीप (puṣkaradvīpa)
  2. Asia (a continent)
  3. India (a region of Asia)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जम्बुद्वीप (jambudvīpá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जम्बुद्वीपः
jambudvīpáḥ 		जम्बुद्वीपौ / जम्बुद्वीपा¹
jambudvīpaú / jambudvīpā́¹ 		जम्बुद्वीपाः / जम्बुद्वीपासः¹
jambudvīpā́ḥ / jambudvīpā́saḥ¹
Vocative जम्बुद्वीप
jámbudvīpa 		जम्बुद्वीपौ / जम्बुद्वीपा¹
jámbudvīpau / jámbudvīpā¹ 		जम्बुद्वीपाः / जम्बुद्वीपासः¹
jámbudvīpāḥ / jámbudvīpāsaḥ¹
Accusative जम्बुद्वीपम्
jambudvīpám 		जम्बुद्वीपौ / जम्बुद्वीपा¹
jambudvīpaú / jambudvīpā́¹ 		जम्बुद्वीपान्
jambudvīpā́n
Instrumental जम्बुद्वीपेन
jambudvīpéna 		जम्बुद्वीपाभ्याम्
jambudvīpā́bhyām 		जम्बुद्वीपैः / जम्बुद्वीपेभिः¹
jambudvīpaíḥ / jambudvīpébhiḥ¹
Dative जम्बुद्वीपाय
jambudvīpā́ya 		जम्बुद्वीपाभ्याम्
jambudvīpā́bhyām 		जम्बुद्वीपेभ्यः
jambudvīpébhyaḥ
Ablative जम्बुद्वीपात्
jambudvīpā́t 		जम्बुद्वीपाभ्याम्
jambudvīpā́bhyām 		जम्बुद्वीपेभ्यः
jambudvīpébhyaḥ
Genitive जम्बुद्वीपस्य
jambudvīpásya 		जम्बुद्वीपयोः
jambudvīpáyoḥ 		जम्बुद्वीपानाम्
jambudvīpā́nām
Locative जम्बुद्वीपे
jambudvīpé 		जम्बुद्वीपयोः
jambudvīpáyoḥ 		जम्बुद्वीपेषु
jambudvīpéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jambudvīpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 283
  2. ^ Nicholas Sims-Williams (1983) “Indian elements in Parthian and Sogdian”, in K. Röhrborn, W. Veenker, editors, Sprachen des Buddhismus in Zentralasien (Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica; 16), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 134.
  3. ^ Sonja Fritz (2002) “Morphology”, in The Dhivehi language - a descriptive and historical grammar of Maldivian and its dialects (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung; 191), Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, page 60
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