bima

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See also: Bima, bìmá, bimą, and Bimą

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בִּימָה (bîmâ). Doublet of bema.

Pronunciation

Noun

bima (plural bimas)

  2. (Judaism) The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium.
    Synonyms: en, almemar, almemor

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בִּימָה (bimá), ultimately from Ancient Greek βῆμα (bêma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.maː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ma

Noun

bima f (plural bima's, diminutive bimaatje n)

  1. bima (raised platform in a synagogue)

Synonyms

Galician

Verb

bima

  1. inflection of bimar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Javanese

Romanization

bima

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦶꦩ

Latin

Adjective

bīma

  1. inflection of bīmus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

bīmā

  1. ablative feminine singular of bīmus

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בִּימָה.

Pronunciation

Noun

bima f

  1. (architecture, Judaism) bima

Declension

Declension of bima
singular plural
nominative bima bimy
genitive bimy bim
dative bimie bimom
accusative bimę bimy
instrumental bimą bimami
locative bimie bimach
vocative bimo bimy

Further reading

  • bima in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बीमा (bīmā) / Urdu بِیمَہ (bīmā), from Persian بیمه.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bima (n class, plural bima)

  1. insurance (business)

References

  1. ^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts‎, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 125: “Swahili bali (ear-ring), banyani (Hindu, Jain), bepari (trader, capitalist), bima (insurance), binda (okra, ladies fingers), and binda (loin cloth) are therefore most probably of Hindustani source (or Marathi/Konkani, Punjabi).”

Volapük

Noun

bima

  1. genitive singular of bim
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