bhīma

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Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit भीम (bhīma, “terrific”)

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

bhīma

  1. terrific, terrible, formidable

Descendants[edit]

  • Javanese: ꦧꦶꦩ (bima), ꦨꦶꦩ (Bima)
  • → Balinese: ᬪᬷᬫ (Bima)

Further reading[edit]

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

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit भीम (bhīma).[1]

Adjective[edit]

bhīma[2]

  1. dreadful, horrible, cruel, awful

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhīma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bhīma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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