Bima

See also: bima, bìmá, bimą, and Bimą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian Bima.

Proper noun

Bima

  1. A city in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Translations

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese bhīma (terrific, terrible, formidable), from Sanskrit भीम (bhīma, terrific).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.mə/
  • Rhymes: -imə
  • Hyphenation: Bi‧ma

Proper noun

Bima (Balinese script ᬪᬷᬫ)

  1. Bhima: name of one of the Pandhawa.

Further reading

  • Bima” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbima/
  • Hyphenation: Bi‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Bima bima; derived from imbi (believe; trust; faith) +‎ ruma (God).

Noun

Bima

  1. (ethnology) the indigenous people native to Bima region in Sumbawa island, West Nusa Tenggara province
    Synonym: Mbojo
  2. (linguistic) the native language of Bima people.
  3. (geography) the region in Sumbawa island
  4. (administrative) the kabupaten (regency) in northeast and eastern hemisphere of Sumbawa island

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦨꦶꦩ (Bima).

Proper noun

Bima

  1. Bhima: In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the second of the Pandava brothers
  2. a male given name from Javanese
  3. a city in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

Bima

  1. romanization of ꦨꦶꦩ