Bima
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian Bima.
Proper noun
Bima
- 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)
- 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
- (ethnology) the indigenous people native to Bima region in Sumbawa island, West Nusa Tenggara province
- Synonym: Mbojo
- (linguistic) the native language of Bima people.
- (geography) the region in Sumbawa island
- (administrative) the kabupaten (“regency”) in northeast and eastern hemisphere of Sumbawa island
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese ꦨꦶꦩ (Bima).
Proper noun
Bima
- Bhima: In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the second of the Pandava brothers
- a male given name from Javanese
- a city in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Further reading
- “Bima” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
Bima
- romanization of ꦨꦶꦩ