bhuwana

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भुवन (bhuvana, “abode, residence; earth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.wa.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: bhu‧wa‧na

Noun

bhuwana

  1. earth, world

Derived terms

  • bhuwanagati
  • bhuwanakośa
  • bhuwanamaṇḍala
  • bhuwanapati
  • bhuwanarakṣaṇa
  • bhuwanatala
  • bhuwanatattwa
  • bhuwanatraya
  • bhuwanawastu
  • bhuwanāntarāla
  • bhuwanāṇḍa

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦧꦸꦮꦤ (buwana), ꦧꦮꦤ (bawana)
  • → Balinese: ᬪᬸᬯᬦ (buana)
  • → Malay: buana

Further reading

  • "bhuwana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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